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Scottish NUM (National Union of Miners) South African Friendship lapel badge. Shows illustration of two miners shaking hands with colliery machinery in the background and two large flags at each side reading: "JUSTICE/ AND/ PEACE" and "FREEDOM AND EQUALITY". Green, ochre and black enamel on gold-coloured metal.
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The date of publication is uncertain. However, the brochure includes images of Erie shovels loading Mack AC Model 5 1/2 ton dump trucks, which were in production between 1916 and 1939. Therefore the brochure was produced some time between 1916 and 1927 when Erie merged with Bucyrus to become Bucyrus-Erie.
The brochure comprehensively covers the Erie GA-2 Gas+Air shovel, powered by a 75 HP Waukesha gasoline engine and having a working weight of 66,500 lbs.
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Machine (along with sister machine) was purchased to replace 2 Cat 5130's which originally belonged to Bridgetown Plant.
The Cat's were parked up for some time and incurred a lot of downtime through burst hoses etc. The 5130's received a lot of negative press due to early hour reliability. Most problems were sorted when the larger B series came out, unfortunately for Cat the damage had already been done by that time and a sour taste had been left.
The 5130's were sold to Hoss Equip in Texas and the Demag's worked steady for many years. The site has since closed and the machines will be sold on.
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Eric Fisher was a prominent Winster man during my 1950s childhood. He was also active in village life. In the late 1940s he lived with his family at Mount View, West Bank, quite near where my family lived on The Flat. Later on both our families were neighbours on Leacroft Road.
Click on this link to see his memorial in Winster Cemetery.
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This image is reproduced by permission of The Peak District Mines Historical Society.
First 120E in the country ar the time owned by Law Mining and worked at the Garleffen Opencast, now owned by ATH resources.
The three major manufacturers of off-highway mining trucks are Caterpillar, Komatsu, and Terex. Komatsu and CAT trucks I've seen elsewhere, but this was my first look at a Terex.
Terex at one time was owned by General Motors, but is now an independent company. That is a good thing because GM has fallen on pretty hard times of late.
This particular truck is an MT 3000 series truck with a hauling capacity somewhere between 150-200 tons (about the same as the CAT and Komatsu trucks here).
Detail view from Google Earth showing tar-sands mining activity along the banks of the Athabasca River in May 2005.
Local residents want mining companies to guarantee that they will conduct remediation when a mine is closed.
Whilst the sun was shining I took the opportunity to search for mining remains in a field that I had never looked at before. The Middlewood area has a long history of coal extraction with a number of seams outcropping in the area. Here alongside the Bollinhurst Brook are the remains of a shaft dating from the late 18th or early 19th century. A shallow round depression filled with bramble and a couple of birch trees marks the spot where once was a windlass or gin to wind the coal from the pit.
Local populations provide food, human resources and support for mining operations in exchange for mining company sponsorship of social projects, support for local investments, compensation for damages and payment of local and national taxes.
Unscrupulous mining companies deal only with authorities and ignore the local population as potential partners.
White circular metal badge with rolled edges showing black illustration of coal miner in safety helmet and printed " SUPPORT THE MINERS/ YOUR CLASS NEEDS YOU" in black type.
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Littered around Cornwall are reminders of it's mining past.
Chimney stacks and engine houses are common sight around Redruth & Camborne. This is the view over the Carnkie valley towards Carn Brea, the buildings in the centre of the photo are the Basset stamps works with the monument standing proud on the summit of Carn Brea.
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'Coal Mining Series, Deputy's Manual' Volume 2, by E. Mason, 1st edition. Published in 1956 by Virtue and Company Ltd., London. Black hardback book with silver coloured lettering on spine.
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