Peabody Coal Company - Sinclair Surface Mine
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- 10 minutes of video from a video made by one of the miners at the mine that is over 1 hour long. John Prine sang about this mine in the song "Paradise" and the shovel that worked there. At the time, it was the World's Largest Shovel, but was only that for a couple of years after it's construction. This mine served as a mine mouth for the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) Paradise Fossil Plant next door. It was all located outside Central City, Kentucky in Muhlenberg County along the Green River of Western Kentucky. At one time, no place in the world produced more coal than Muhlenberg County but those days are long gone. This was one of two world record holding shovels located in the county at the time this video was shot (early 1980's). The largest shovel on here is the Bucyrus Erie 3850-B and is the shovel that was famously buried after finishing its work at this mine. I had a Grandfather and an Aunt that worked at this mine and retired from there. My aunt actually ran the large BE 3850-B shovel from time to time. The bucket on the 3850-B is 115 cubic yards in size. Big enough for two pickup trucks to park in easily with room to move around them! This was the original home of the giants in coal mining!!! Welcome to Muhlenberg County, my home!
I hope we never forget those giants and the men who made them and operated them.
Dad hauled many loads of coal while working for Illinois Central out of the strip pits in S IL,. I was about 8 and Dad took me down to see the biggest shovel built, The Captain outside of Pinckneyville IL, I got to see other shovels too, in New Athens, Freeburg, Marissa, Dad had a pass so to speak for us, it would take hours to load a whole train and the mine boss would BS with the RR workers, this was back in the late 60's to late 70's, so when he drove down there we'd get "taxi" so to speak to get a real good view of the big Tonka toys. Sad the Captain burned up.
i worked at this mine as a welder i was there when boom fell on the hog. it took about 50 welders 105 days to get it digging again. it was hard and dangerous work but a privilege to work on these great machines donald mcbride retired
Sheila McBride my papaw worked at this mine Hershel Anderson.
AviationPhotogBNA-thanks for sharing this. It's really great that someone is keeping the memories of these old machines alive!
Awesome to see this my grandfather was the manager over this mine
That's amazing. My grandfather worked at Sinclair and my Aunt was Chief Clerk.
Awesome my grandfather was Eddie Curtis if you ever ask your aunt
Dillen Parsley I was there when your grandfather Eddie Curtis was there. I also knew your
Grandfather Parsley. ( David Taylor )
Love these videos. Wish I could have seen in person
@Scentlessapprentice9 Thank you so very much! What you are hearing is the swinging 3850-B shovel behind the camera. The motors on that machine had a very unique whine to them when it was swinging. The sound of the two smaller Marion shovels can be heard, but it's really drown out by the sound of the "Big Hog" behind the camera.
It’s saying don’t raise me so hi and she s bitch en
@TL64329 It's my pleasure! Thank you for taking time to watch it and comment. That is greatly appreciated as well. All the best!
What are the two Marion shovels, 291 and ?
All the big drag lines were powered by electricity. At the Kentucky Utilities coal fired Green River power plant you could actually see the power out put needles move when one of the draglines was digging and then unloaded.
Very cool video! Thanks for posting!
@burro250
He was spoiling at the very top of the boom point wasn't he?! That's amazing to see.
Outstanding footage! Thank you for sharing! What is the whining sound on one of the smaller shovels?
THAT'S MY HOME
My dad was the head mechanic on it when starfire still had it
Were the Haul Trucks relocated to another mine or scrapped?
what is the model of the two shovels?
Sinclair? is this the mine in Wyoming?
René O'Deay no
René O'Deay it's in western central Kentucky
René O'Deay NO KENTUCKY IT'S MY HOME sorry I just live my home
René O'Deay : I worked at this mine is in muhlenberg county, I worked there from 1-10-1962 till 1987 I think
I was still there when they buried the 3850-B ( David Taylor )
Kentucky
Por k tan grande aparato y tan pequeño el valde
that you don't break all these cables in scooping. big fat scooper.
Check out the cable used on a large suspension bridge sometime. San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge cables haven’t been without tension in a long time.
@@williammain3247 the trick is...keep the tension on that cable.
I called Peabody Coal in St.Louis Missouri,I told them I need to buy some Coal for my own Personal use,they told me they Only sell to Comanys,WHO THE ELECTRIC COMPANYS ONLY?I want Answers.WHY? This is the biggest Problem, everyday people are having trying to buy Coal.
You have internet, so do a search online for coal dealers.instead of whining here.
Impressive. What's it take to make the stock price move?