Meet and Greet for 2016 - Saturday Sept. 17th
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freetown fred
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A lil bit of history Jack gave me yesterday. circa 1906 Figured I'd clean up the print for you old, half blind guys!! 
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VigIIPeaBurner
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- Other Heating: #2 Oil Furnace
Safe to say we all had a great time. Hats off to Jack and the others at #9 that helped pull off the excellent tour of #9 and the surprize add-on of the active LCN cut into the Mammoth vein. Here's some of my cell phone pics for the memory box.
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Jack telling the falling mannequin practical joke on the new miner :-Q
HB himself pondering the long dive into the 600' of water below the elevator shaft.
The miner's rudimentary 'hospital'.
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VigIIPeaBurner
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More pictures from #9 ...
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Disembarking from the cars at the start of the underground tour.
Cart switch gear to move full carts between elevator shafts.
Members checking out the Holmes vein workings.
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VigIIPeaBurner
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Video of the ride out ...
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car ride out of #9
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VigIIPeaBurner
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Pics from the LCN srip operation ...
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Shaft mining meets strip with the Mammoth vein visible in lower right.
Seated on a petrified stump gives it a different perspective. It was quite a way's down. The engineer for #9 guessed 600'+.
Members including Fred (hat) and Co. Glad to finally meet the man himself!
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VigIIPeaBurner
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Random shots of NEPA members at the LCN operation.
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L->R: Wood'nCoal, The Mayor, Dakotaguy , GAW.
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VigIIPeaBurner
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- Other Heating: #2 Oil Furnace
Views from above the breaker ...
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CoalHeat
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Great photos!!!
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Keepaeyeonit
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Richard S. wrote:Keepaeyeonit , that second to last pic is a little depressing. LOL
Old age my friend
don't worry it only gets better 
Nice pic boys
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CoalHeat
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That's why I wear a cap.... 
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McGiever
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- Coal Size/Type: PEA,NUT,STOVE /ANTHRACITE
- Other Heating: Ground Source Heat Pump and some Solar
What a wonderful time was had by meeting and conversing with our coal brothers on this fine get together.
Here are my contributions to the photo gallery of that day...
First is some pics of the side trip that riding partner *Keepaeyeonit* and myself took over to the Retail Saturday Sales area...
Here are a few museum pics...
More of when traveled to the open pit strip mine...
Here are my contributions to the photo gallery of that day...
First is some pics of the side trip that riding partner *Keepaeyeonit* and myself took over to the Retail Saturday Sales area...
That's Keepaeyeonit* taking a load of Stove size in his flatbed...5000 pounds!
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McGiever
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- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning 414A
- Coal Size/Type: PEA,NUT,STOVE /ANTHRACITE
- Other Heating: Ground Source Heat Pump and some Solar
Open Pit strip mine photos...
same shot as above
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Wood n Coal in white, the Mayor in black, keepaeyeonit in blue and Jack nearest.
Three nearer... Mrs. Pauli-wog, Dakotaguy and GAW
Three farther...VigIIPeaBurner, Freetown Fred, King Coal
King Coal, Freetown Fred, Pauli-wog and Keepaeyeonit
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CoalHeat
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- Baseburners & Antiques: Sears Signal Oak 15 & Andes Kitchen Range
- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
- Other Heating: Fisher Fireplace Insert
Not me in the 7th photo, that's Vig II with the phone.
