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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 852895" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>BTW, thanks for the link, brings back memories. Interestingly, the Spade and the Gem of Egypt are all electric. I remember being on the Spade to this day. It was digging and the only sound was the creak of the cables and the whirr of the motors.</p><p> </p><p>I also remember the huge 'extension cord' that came out the end on a retractable spool. It was as big around as your thigh.</p><p> </p><p>The draglines don't crawl, they walk whereas the shovels were on tracks. At one time it (Spade) crossed I-77 and they had to move in 12 feet of earth across the pavement plus lay down blocking so it wouldn't destroy the roadbed.</p><p> </p><p>I hear it's good hunting down Cadiz way in the old mine pits but I've never hunted there. I used to fish Tappan Lake back in the day.</p><p> </p><p>The coal companies really decimated the land around Cadiz before the government got involved and passed laws and made them reclaim it. Looked like a lunar landscape when they were done. The overburden wasn't capable of growing anything.</p><p> </p><p>Despite Obama' ranting, coal is still the most abundant resiurce for power generation but I heat the NG reserves are huge and directional fracking in PA and Ohio is tapping those reserves. I know we export a bunch of coal to other countries like China. NO EPA crap there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 852895, member: 39764"] BTW, thanks for the link, brings back memories. Interestingly, the Spade and the Gem of Egypt are all electric. I remember being on the Spade to this day. It was digging and the only sound was the creak of the cables and the whirr of the motors. I also remember the huge 'extension cord' that came out the end on a retractable spool. It was as big around as your thigh. The draglines don't crawl, they walk whereas the shovels were on tracks. At one time it (Spade) crossed I-77 and they had to move in 12 feet of earth across the pavement plus lay down blocking so it wouldn't destroy the roadbed. I hear it's good hunting down Cadiz way in the old mine pits but I've never hunted there. I used to fish Tappan Lake back in the day. The coal companies really decimated the land around Cadiz before the government got involved and passed laws and made them reclaim it. Looked like a lunar landscape when they were done. The overburden wasn't capable of growing anything. Despite Obama' ranting, coal is still the most abundant resiurce for power generation but I heat the NG reserves are huge and directional fracking in PA and Ohio is tapping those reserves. I know we export a bunch of coal to other countries like China. NO EPA crap there. [/QUOTE]
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