More than 700 tires rolling in unison will deliver BNI Coal’s 9.5 million-pound Liberty dragline to its new site. Using a method only done three or four times nationwide, BNI ...

FRANKLIN, Kan. — For more than 60 years, a Page 618 Walking Dragline has been working to dig coal on land in northeastern Cherokee County — or just sitting on that land. Early in 2023, this ...

Sep. 30—SCAMMON, Kan. — A walking dragline idled in Cherokee County for decades is one step closer to becoming a roadside attraction in Southeast Kansas. Workers with Tilton and Sons House ...

RILEY — An eight-story tall mining machine that weighs 12.5 million pounds is making its way across western Indiana eight feet at a time.Black Beauty Coal Co. is moving the machine about 13 ...

A walking dragline will soon be moved from the spot where it has rested for the past five decades and turned into a historic landmark to honor coal mining in Southeast Kansas. For more information ...

BEULAH - A gigantic dragline working a coal seam at Dakota Westmoreland Mine near Beulah tipped precariously forward when ground beneath it crumbled away. The incident happened about 5 a.m. Sunday ...

Big Muskie, a 27 million pound and behemoth, was the largest walking dragline ever built in May 1969, according to an announcement from ODNR. It was 240 feet tall and 480 feet long.

WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) - One of the huge draglines that digs for coal at a central North Dakota mine has tipped over. The incident happened Wednesday at the Falkirk Mine near Washburn.

Mining equipment manufacturer Bucyrus International Inc. said late Friday that it has confirmed an order for a $100 million walking dragline for a major coal mining company in Canada. South ...

Folks who live nearby know about the machine — a dragline excavator used for surface mining of coal. Since 1995, it has been unused. That's when demand for coal fell and mining companies cut ...