Curator's note | The tip or tipple is the principle surface site at a coal mine. Extracted coal is delivered to the tip where it may be sorted and stored temporarily before shipment. |
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Title | Coal Mining |
Date | May 1961 |
Physical extent | 1 photograph : b&w |
Scope and content | A dragline excavator is used to remove the overburden of soil, the initial step in the stripe mining of coal at the Great West Coal Co., Estevan. In the foreground a 40-ton Euclid dumptruck is being loaded with coal for delivery to the coal tip. |
Repository | Saskatchewan Archives Board |
Fonds/collection | Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection |
Retrieval information | Saskatoon Office Photograph Collection - Oversize Images, S-B3311 |
Occupation(s) |
Miners and mining - coal |
Theme(s) |
Mining |
Database ID | 36938 |