loading & unloading are handled by the front end loader.
the only carrying going on here is the ash pan.
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joeq
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Sounds like someone's "piling" it. (Where's my shovel?)windyhill4.2 wrote:titleist1,you got that right,the loading & hauling wouldn't be so bad,just as long as the loading is a front end loader or auger/conveyer/hopper chute,but the digging might be similar to wood ..cutting/splitting/piling ,yep piling,we gave up stacking a few years ago,we now just pile it, sounds kinda like what you guys do with coal !!
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dcrane
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Well... since the mine will surely be in PA... I say all you PA folks have to mine itwindyhill4.2 wrote:dcrane, I do like your idea of buying a mine , but does that mean each member has to dig/load/haul their own??
payback for having coal at 1/3 the price all these decades :punk:
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windyhill4.2
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Pay will be good,benefits for Pa.miners to include free coal to heat with,sounds pretty good dcrane,thanks for the idea 
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SWPaDon
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Count me in for 5 bodies. Myself, Wife, Son, DIL, and Grandson (he will need a smaller pick and shovel, he is only 3).windyhill4.2 wrote:Pay will be good,benefits for Pa.miners to include free coal to heat with,sounds pretty good dcrane,thanks for the idea
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Carbon12
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I'm sure coal mining would be like painting,.....it's fun for the first hour then 
I'd give a try though. They have pick your own strawberries, why not mine your own coal? How hard could drilling and blasting be???
I'd give a try though. They have pick your own strawberries, why not mine your own coal? How hard could drilling and blasting be???