Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Postcard, Picture |
Catalog Number |
2017.052.0004 |
Description |
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 the mid- 1980's." Part of a set of postcards: "Postcard Coal Mining Equipment Collector Series A." # 7 of 18. |
Date |
1999 |
Year Range from |
1999 |
Year Range to |
1999 |
Photographer |
Smith, David Scott |
Title |
A Coal Train at Eagle Butte Coal Mine |
Search Terms |
North Antelope Mine Rockpile Museum Wright, WY |
Subjects |
Coal Coal Industry Coal mining Mining Mining equipment Postcards |
Classification |
Coal Industry Correspondence/Postcard Mining |