There were two men to operate a Siscol cutter at the coal face, as we had to cut the layer of stone out of the coal,which was comprised of a top layer of coal, stone, coal. The machine was set to ...

The pillar and stall method of mining should be replaced by the long wall method, and coal-cutting machines would render blasting unnecessary. The most serious problem to be dealt with is that of ...

Since 1864, underground mining equipment manufacturer Eickhoff has been improving the lives of coal miners with the production of coal mining machines, having made the first coal cutting system in ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Improved Coal-Cutting Machine ” in SA Supplements Vol. 5 No. 107supp (January 1878), p. 1702 doi:10.1038 ...

While the price of coal at the mine $4.85 a ton; has dropped over the past eight years, ... MINING: Cost-Cutting in Coal. 2 minute read. TIME. March 4, 1957 12:00 AM GMT-5.

Miners blamed sparks from an electric coal-cutting machine for the blast. Hugh C. Rice, manager of the mine, admitted that his company carried no compensation insurance, ...

The first electric coal cutting machine is also introduced.:: 1913 Peak UK coal production, with more than 287 million tonnes of coal mined and the industry employing 1.25 million people.