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A car parked next to the Mountaineer crawler to demonstrate size.  Hanna Coal Company, Division of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.

1. Mountaineer, a 60 Cubic Yard Shovel with a Car Size Crawler

People standing next to the massive Mountaineer shovel.

2. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Mountaineer Shovel

Men standing next to a shoveling machine at a Hanna Strip-Mine.

3. Tour of Hanna Coal Company Mine Site, Cadiz, Ohio

4. Tour of Hanna Coal Company Mine Site, Cadiz, Ohio

Caption on back reads, 'Stiff-arming a highwall is the job of this new, double-decker drill in operation at the Georgetown mine, Hanna Coal Co., at Georgetown, Ohio. Fruit of the ingenuity of coal mining engineers, the drill makes two blast holes at different levels in the highwall, permitting a blasting shot that brings down a large section of 'overburden.' The 'overburden,' rock, shale, limestone, clay and other mineral deposits, lies above the coal seam. Surface, or open-pit mining, accounts for 23 percent of total bituminous production. The Georgetown mine is the largest surface mine in the world.'

5. Double Decker Drill in Operation at Georgetown Mine, Georgetown, Ohio, Hanna Coal Company

6. 35 Yard Stripping Shovel at Hanna Coal Company Surface Mine