coal cutter
coal cutting machine

In 1913 the mechanical coal cutters used previously were supplanted by hand picks.

It was one of the earliest Yorkshire coal mines to use electrical coal cutters.

Pensford Colliery, which opened in 1909, had the latest equipment at the time including coal cutters.

Powerful mechanical coal cutters (shearers) cut coal from the face, which falls onto an armoured face conveyor for removal.

The mining museum contains Australia's most comprehensive collection of coalmining artefacts, including coal cutters, coal loaders, continuous miners and underground transports.

At around 5:45 am on 2 July 1937, two coal cutter men (Herman Payne and William Beardmore) were working when Beardmore noticed a flame.

And brought the coal cutter in and they they put brought the pans and The shaker pans they used to wear belts then, for shaker pans you see?

Electric coal cutters had been in use since the early 1900s, but the coal was still being hand loaded, although now onto conveyor belts on the coal face rather than directly into tubs.

This tool was capable of cutting anthracite coal and was known as the Congo Coal Cutter [1] after its success for the Congo Mining Company, of Corning, Ohio.

This drift was known as Waratah Colliery No.2 drift and was a mechanised mine using Mavour & Coulson coal cutters, Joy 14BU loaders & Joy battery operated shuttle cars.

The machine also on the rails behind the spoil wagon is an early electrical coal cutter the arm extending from the front moved through an arc and cut a corresponding arc in the coal seam which then allowed the coal to drop down in big lumps.