A sample of the accompanying column-length article reads, “...The accompanying illustration of an electric locomotive hauling a loaded trip to the tipple very plainly shows the immense advantage of this system over either rope or any other. The photograph from which this cut was made was taken at the mines of the Vinton Colliery Company, at Vintondale, Cambria County which was recently equipped by the Jeffrey Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio, with a complete plant of coal cutting, drilling, and electric haulage machinery...”
For those of you interested in learning more about the early history of mining in the area. CLICK HERE - a great bit of Slovak history written by John Grisak who settled for a time in Vintondale (he mentions this mine) and Johnstown before moving on around the turn of the century.
For those of you interested in learning more about the early history of mining in the area. CLICK HERE - a great bit of Slovak history written by John Grisak who settled for a time in Vintondale (he mentions this mine) and Johnstown before moving on around the turn of the century.
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