Download or read book Analyses of Kansas Coals written by United States. Bureau of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Big Brutus the Kansas Coal Shovel written by Brenda Eck and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Brutus put the oooohs and aaahs in the backyard of the Heartlands! Miles before you reach this retired giant, you can see it on the horizon south of West Mineral, Kansas. BIG BRUTUS FACTS - Designed and built by Bucyrus-Erie for the Pittsburg & Midway (P&M) Coal Mining Company - 150 railroad cars were needed to bring all the parts - Bucyrus Erie Model 1850B is the only one of its kind ever built - Largest electric shovel in the world - 16 stories tall (160 feet) - Weighs 11 million pounds - Boom is 150 feet long - Dipper capacity 90 cu. yds (by heaping, 150 tons enough to fill three railroad cars) - Maximum speed .22 MPH - Cost $6.5 million (in 1962) On July 13, 1985, Big Brutus was dedicated as a Museum and Memorial Dedicated to the Rich Coal Mining History in Southeast Kansas. In September 1987, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) designated Big Brutus a Regional Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark, the 10th since 1971 to be so designated. Big Brutus is a museum open year round. Hours vary with the season. Visit www.bigbrutus.org for more information.

Download or read book Kansas Tycoon Emerson Carey written by Lynn Ledeboer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I've seen a fly make a bull switch his tail" is a homespun quip attributed to Emerson Carey, the powerful salt magnate of Hutchinson, Kansas. True or not, the quote epitomizes the fearless and tenacious character of the legend who became Reno County's benefactor. Young, awestruck Carey arrived in boomtown 1880s Hutchinson and went on to create an immense empire. Coal, ice, salt, strawboard, egg cases, bags, soda ash and streetcars--he presided over it all. From Carey's sleeping in a coal yard with a quarter in his pocket to the founding of the exclusive Willowbrook community and attaining a net worth of more than $15 million, authors Lynn Ledeboer and Myron Marcotte relate the epic story.

Download or read book Stripping coal Resources of the United States written by Paul Averitt and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review and analysis by states of data available on the stripping-coal potential of the United States.

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Download or read book Surface Coal Mining Reclamation written by Manuel Lujan and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-12 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report deals with the accomplishments of the regulatory and abandoned mine land reclamation programs during the first 15 years of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). This part presents statistical information for the 15 year period. It is organized in two sections; national statistics and state statistics. The national statistics provide an overview of coal mining and the implementation of SMCRA since 1977. The information reported for the states presents a brief description of the coal reserves in each area, accompanied by detailed statistics and graphs that relate each state to the nation as a whole.

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