The "GEM" was the second shovel BE designed with a knee-action crowd front end. The first machine was BE's 1950-B "Silver Spade". The word "GEM" in the shovel's name stands for "Giant Excavating Machine, and "Egypt" stood for the mine in which the shovel started working: the Egypt Valley Mine of Hanna Coal Company, in Barnesville, Ohio.
In Cadiz, Ohio, the fight to save the last and largest super excavating shovel left in the world is over. Scrapping of the Silver Spade began Jan. 29 by owner CONSOL Energy Inc., of Pittsburgh, Pa.
The 1950-B was built by Bucyrus International and started work in November 1965. Purchased by the Hanna Coal Co., a division of Consolidation Coal (Consol), for coal …
The Silver Spade! The Silver Spade was the First 1950-B shovel built by B&E. It is owned by Consolidated Coal Company, Hanna Coal Company division. The Spade was ready to work in November of 1965 and worked without any major stoppage until October of 1982. It was idled for six years until returned to work on April 8, 1989.
The Silver Spade was a mechanical giant with a single purpose; move earth…lots of it. With a 105 cubic yard bucket the Silver Spade could move nearly 157 tons (US) of material in a single pass and deposit it 390 feet away, 140 feet high. ... The cab and the bucket were donated to the Harrison Coal and Reclamation Park were they are currently ...
The Silver Spade! The Silver Spade was the First 1950-B shovel built by B&E. It is owned by Consolidated Coal Company, Hanna Coal Company division. The Spade was …
RARE 1960s Vintage Zippo Lighter Hanna Coal Company The Silver Spade Never Fired Hello bidders. Up for bid today is a fantastic mid 1960s Zippo lighter made for the Hanna Coal Company a division of th...from 12190243
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The Silver Spade awaits its fate. July 16, 2014. Agiant of the off-highway industry has been retired. On April 9 of this year The Silver Spade, an electric stripping shovel built by …
It was built for the Hanna Coal Company, which was the dominant coal company in the Pittsburgh No. 8 coalfield, and has been employed in later years by Consol, who probably took over Hanna's operations. ... The stockpile of coal that was uncovered by the Silver Spade at the Mahoning Valley surface mine. I never knew how the coal got to the ...
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What happened to the silver spade? The Silver Spade was a giant power shovel used for strip mining in southeastern Ohio. Attempts to purchase and preserve the shovel from Consol to make it the centerpiece of a mining museum exhibit for $2.6 million fell short, and the shovel was dismantled in February 2007. … What happened to the big muskie?
But that was nothing next to a 1972 (Silver Spade era) article about Hanna Coal restoration efforts in "Coal News." There, beneath pictures of peach orchards, children riding on bikes, and clear ponds with canoes floating on them, readers learned that an Oklahoma-trained manager had arrived in Cadiz to set up (at company expense) a 6000 ...
1958 full size brushed chrome zippo lighter strong hinge 1959-1963 style insert 2 sided graphicsthe mountaineer - progress 1956 hanna coal company division of consolidated coal co.used condition as shown in photosnormal pocket wear -strong hinge - 1959-1963 style insert - strong cam spring - excellent working conditioncombined shipping available …
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Hanna Coal Company Willow Grove No. 10 Mine Explosion Neffs, Belmont... United States Mine Rescue Association · March 15, 2020 · Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Willow Grove No. 10 mine explosion. ...
This shovel first began its work in Harrison County, Ohio in 1944, moving on to other coal fields in Ohio through the 1970s. The Hanna Coal Company, meanwhile, was quite an …
SILVER SPADE; HANNA COAL: PIONEER AND TRAIL BLAZER; 5561 MARION SHOVEL & 46-A "THE TIGER" DISASTERS; CONTACT. SHARING. GEOCACHING Hanna Coal: The Early Years. The Pioneer and The Trail Blazer. Double Click on photo for Full Screen. Image2.jpg. Image1.jpg. Describe your image here. Image14.jpg. Describe your image …
Consolidation Coal Company's (CONSOL) first Bucyrus-Erie 1950-B stripping shovel was "The Silver Spade", which started working in November 1965. The name commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Hanna Coal Company, a division of the CONSOL group.
environmental protection agency. 12/2/1970, (1973-10) the "silver spade," one of the larger shovels owned by the hanna coal company, dominates the horizon at route 9, near …
THE "SILVER SPADE" SHOVEL, OWNED BY THE HANNA COAL COMPANY AT WORK NEAR CADIZ, OHIO. 1974-07. Retrieved from the Digital Public ..., 2024.)APA citation …
The Silver Spade is removing overburden for CONSOL Energy (formerly Consolidation Coal Co.) at its only surface coal mine, located in Mahoning Valley in eastern Ohio, …
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The Silver Spade Began her working life in November 1965, near Cadiz,Ohio. Named to commemorate Hanna coal's 25th anniversary, The Spade might well have been named "the machine that was almost never made". ... which ran through a saddle mounted midway up the boom. However, the Spec's laid out by the coal company insisted that the …
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CADIZ — The Harrison Coal Reclamation Historical Park's annual membership meeting is planned at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Puskarich Public Library. Also, the Historic Construction Equipment Association, Ohio Valley Chapter, will meet at 11 a.m. that day. Both meetings are to be held at the coal museum and are open to the public. Dale Davis …
Hanna Coal Company (CONSOL) Bucyrus Erie 1950B (Mahoning Valley Mine) The Silver Spade at work with 90% painted in the "DuPont" gold and orange.
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