Tracked mantrips in use in the midwest and west

50tonloco · **Posted:** Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:17 pm

Are there any mines in Indiana, illnoia, or out west west that use track mounted equipment underground, or is it all rubbered tyred?

Doug · **Posted:** Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:26 pm

That's a real broad question. Continuous Miners are usually tracked. Shuttles, Scoops and Mantrips are usually tired.

Coalfire · **Posted:** Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:12 pm

Actually Doug. Cm miners have Cats. They pin together. Tracks bolt together. Feeders have tracks.

Doug · **Posted:** Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:53 pm

Now I'm getting the education. How do you tell them apart from 10 feet?

50tonloco · **Posted:** Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:46 am

NO, when I mean tracked I mean do the man trips run on rails out west and in Illnoia and Indiana?

Doug · **Posted:** Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:27 pm

I see. As far as Indiana/Illinois I would say no. I'm certain none of the current Indiana mines use rail. And I pretty sure for Illinois. The mines in the Illinois Basin ( Indiana, Illinois and Western Ky ) are deep and the coal rarely outcrops in any significantly amounts. The entries are most often shaft or a very steep ( 10 degree) slope to the vein. Veins are typically 300 deep in Indiana and W. Ky to 900+ feet in the Fairfield Trench in Southern Ill.

Tracked mantrips in use in the midwest and west

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