The Drummond Company used massive walking dragline mining machines to strip the soil and rock from the top of coal deposits. The Heman II, pictured here, could scoop 78 cubic yards of earth at once, while Drummond's biggest draglines could could scoop up to 115 cubic yards.
Walking Dragline Mining Machine
Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by Alabama Media Group. Photo by Robert Adams.
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