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Book - EC0244
Wyoming Works Projects Administration Federal Writers' Project Collection Inventory
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0004
Unused color photo postcard of coal loading at North Antelope/Rochelle Mines Complex in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back, "An early 1960's vintage Model 291-M Marion electric shovel weighing 1055 tons loads a Euclid Model R-170 haul truck with 170 tons of coal. These Electric drive trucks weigh 112 tons empty and are powered with 16V Detroit 1600 horsepower diesel engines. The trucks cost about $1.0 million when they were new in th...
Record Type: Photo
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0008
Unused color photo postcard of two elk locking horns at Black Thunder Mine in Campbell County, WY. More elk are visible laying down behind them. Captioned on the back "Two Bull elk playfully joust on reclaimed land at Black Thunder Mine, while three other bull elk lounge in the background. Black Thunder's coal handling storage facilities are shown in the immediate background. Black Thunder Mine is owned by Thunder Basin Coal Company, a subsi...
Record Type: Photo
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0010
Unused color photo postcard of haul trucks at Black Thunder Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back "Owned by Thunder Basin Coal Company, a Subsidiary of Arch Western resources, located in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Two Wiseda (King of the Lode) 240 ton haul trucks lead the pack to the primary crusher at Black Thunder Mine. One Wiseda truck load of coal will heat the average home for 40 years." Part of a set of postcards: "...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0011
Unused color photo postcard of a BE-2570WS Dragline at Black Thunder Mine in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back, "Owned by Thunder Basin Coal Company, a subsidiary of Arch Western Resources, located in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Thunder Basin Coal Company owns and operates three draglines. Ursa Major, the largest of the three draglines, is a Bucyrus-Erie model 2570 WS weighing 14.7 million pounds. Its 360 foot boom carries a 160...
Record Type: Photo
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0012
Unused color photo postcard of overburden loading at North Antelope/Rochelle Mines Complex in Campbell County, WY. Captioned on the back, "A $1.8 million Caterpillar Model 793 haul truck, weighing 160 tons empty, powered by a 2160 horsepower diesel engine is being loaded with 255 tons of overburden. The $9 million P & H Model 4100 electric shovel loads with a 55 cubic yard capacity bucket." Part of a set of postcards: "Postcard Coal Minin...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0014
Unused color photo postcard of coal conveyors at Antelope Mine in Campbell County, Wyoming. Captioned on the back, "Owned by Kennecott Energy, the Antelope Mine in the Southern Powder River Basin produces a low sulfur, low ash, 8,800 BTU coal. this conveyor's 72 inch wide belt is used to move in excess of 90,000 tons of coal to the storage silos per day. Generally, for long haulage, conveyors are more economical to operate than trucks." ...
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Postcard, Picture - 2017.052.0015
Unused color photo postcard of coal loading at Jacobs Ranch Mine in Campbell County, Wyoming. Captioned on the back, "Owned by Kennecott Energy, Jacobs Ranch Mine has shipped coal since February 1978. Jacobs Ranch shipped its 300,000,000 ton of coal in April 1998. There are 7 storage silos at Jacobs Ranch; each silo holds 14,000 tons of coal. Jacobs Ranch loads coal into unit trains of an average length of 115 cars. The coal is shipped to ele...
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