(Above) The Western Mining and Railroad Museum outdoor exhibit has a large collection of mining equipment.  The old wooden mine car is a reminder of the early days of Utah coal mining.

(Above) This track mounted face drill can also be used to install roof bolts for ground support.

Johnny is standing next to a SULLIVAN rocker shovel loading machine.

An EIMCO rocker shovel, common in metal mines, is less frequently associated with coal mining.

A JOY gathering arm loader replaced the laborious process of hand loading coal into cars.

This JOY shuttle car transported the coal from the mining face to either rail-mounted coal cars or to a rubber conveyor belt.

This continuous mining machine used a rotating cutting head to rip coal from the face.  Gathering arms moved the broken coal to a chain conveyor which moved the coal to a shuttle car.

In longwall coal mining the double drum shearers cut the coal as the machine moves back and forth across the face.  The machine operator is behind the machine and under a full line of hydraulic shields (three shields are shown). Behind the shields, the roof collapses safely reducing stress over the operator.

(Above) Another type of double drum longwall coal shearing machine.  The coal cut by the shearer falls onto a chain conveyor which carries it to the end of the longwall panel (at the left). At that point, the coal where it transfers to a conveyor belt for transport out of the mine.