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First Walking
Dragline in the area
 
I always thought
Mr. Klimax was the first walking dragline
in the Souris Coal Field,
but these pictures
prove otherwise.
I didn't know the make and model number until Feb 25, 2012.
Nick
Koba from Diamond, Illinois, USA, sent me a nice email,
and he told me this was a Bucyrus-Monaghan 5W
Walking Dragline,
with a 4-6 yd bucket.
Message from Nick:
"They were made in USA from 1934 to 1948, there were 79 made in US,
Later in England, 62 more were made, up to 1971, for a grand total of 141 made.
We had one at our mine in Illinois the ( Northern Illinois Mine )
This was a Peabody Coal Mine, that had run from 1927 to 1974"
then this addition:
"Boom length 105 ft. total weight 325,000 lbs.
Diesel driven 6cylinder, 300hp
from a Maumee Collieries Company read out, from 1946"
The New Souris Valley Estevan Museum
on Highway 39,
has a Bucyrus 5W on display,
and they say it came from the "Old" Climax Mine.
Same machine? I bet it is.
Bucyrus-Erie 320B
At Western Dominion Mine, Taylorton
Now this one we can see the name and model on the side
It is a Bucyrus Erie Model 320B with Crawler Tracks.
The crawler tracks were an option they added to this model later.
First use of Crawler tracks in this
design for the 320B was in 1925.
320B had a 7.5 cu. yd. bucket
upgraded in later models to 8 cu. yd.
Average working weight- 438 tons
they built 29, the last one in 1930.
when they first started making this model,
It came with Rail Mountings first,
then later these crawler tracks were installed.
this is a huge top heavy machine, that took incredible
engineering to keep it from tipping over on uneven ground.
Truax Traer Strip Mine
web page
in my Estevan Section has more info on this Shovel,
before it was moved to Western Dominion from Truax Traer mine.
The First Stripping Shovel in the
District
Pictures courtesy Alex Wilson Collection
submitted by Margaret Cuddington
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Inside a 5W dragline YouTube video
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