So many times that my memories are worn. There was more than just the coal trains. There was that giant shovel. Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel. And they tortured the ...

That’s because in my hands I’ll be holding a supreme weapon: an old steel coal shovel. There’s no finer tool for the task of shoveling snow—especially when that “snow” is in fact that ...

Power shovels used to excavate the earth have proved essential to the mining industry, including open-pit and coal mining in the United States, for 150 years. Made up of a boom, dipper stick and ...