COAL MINING MACHINE
A NEW BRITISH INVENTION (N.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent.) LONDON, October 18. During his speech on the coal situation in the House of Commons, Mr Shinwell referred to a new cutting and loading machine which is expected to do a great deal to increase the output from British coal mines. The machine, which is a British invention, consists of a chain belt of picks which break down the coal face, and a conveyor, belt which picks up and loads the broken coal. In mines where this equipment is already operating the output has been more than doubled.
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Evening Star, Issue 25927, 19 October 1946, Page 6
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98COAL MINING MACHINE Evening Star, Issue 25927, 19 October 1946, Page 6
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