Industrial History: Mining Draglines and Cable Shovels
Jan 18, 2018· In this photo from an advertisement in the Coal Age Magazine, the 3850B at Sinclair Mine shortly after going to work. The shovel began moving 115 yd. bites at Peabody Coal''s Sinclair Mine in late 1962 and was the largest in the world at the time. The Mine was located east of Drakesboro, KY. and fed coal to the Paradise Power Plant.