More "World's Largest" Equipment at the Bobolink Strip Coal Mine
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 2
- File Size:
- 244 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1936
Abstract
STRIP coal mining in the United States has-become noted for its massive equipment, especially its power shovels. Notable among the latest examples of this trend is the Bobolink mine of the Binkley Mining Co., at Seeleyville, Ind.,. eight miles from Terre Haute. This is only one of the Binkley company's operating properties; in all, the company owns or controls 26 mines, in fourteen seams. The Bobolink, however, is the largest strip mine in America and probably also in the world. It has an estimated life of fifteen years. The shovel used to strip the over¬burden is electrically operated, of Bucyrus-Erie make, and was. shipped to the property for assembling, a job
Citation
APA: (1936) More "World's Largest" Equipment at the Bobolink Strip Coal Mine
MLA: More "World's Largest" Equipment at the Bobolink Strip Coal Mine. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1936.