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...mine of the Sunnyhill Coal Co. near New Lexington, Ohio one day last week, amazed mine experts watched a huge (26-ton) machine in action. With surprisingly little noise, it tore into a seam, spewed a continuous stream of coal into a truck that followed. Within a minute and a half, the five-ton truck was almost full; in that time the machine had come close to the average U.S. production per man-day (around five tons). The machine's lone operator apologized because it had taken so long; he was running the digger at slow speed...
Only the most skillfully concealed jewelry, fountain pens, watches or spectacles will escape pilfering from these ruffians. If they should discover an earring or a bracelet hidden in a seam of clothing they not only will take it but also angrily shoot the owner. They snatch all clothing but what is threadbare. Some refugees save their best garments or other belongings by bundling them deep within a burlap bag full of dirty rags, including urine-soaked baby clothes. The foul smell repels the bandits...
Mechanical miners that do all the work from coal seam to mine car are nothing new. Mining engineers have been trying them with limited success for years. But coal men cheered the vast improvements in this one as the "most serious start" ever made towards simplifying their complex operations...
...Pittsburgh Consolidation tried to keep all details top secret, but some leaked out. The "Joy Continuous Miner," as it is called, is under 25 feet long, weighs less than 20 tons and moves on caterpillar treads. It has powerful cutting arms which first dig into the face of a seam at floor level, then cut their way up to the roof. As it is cut and broken, a conveyer system carries the coal back over the machine directly into cars, in which it is hauled to the surface...
...vastly superior Freshman basketball team, out-passed, out-ran, and out-shot a smaller M.I.T. aggregation to the tune of 59 to 24 last night on the opponents' home court in their first game of the season. Tall right forward Ed Smith just couldn't seam to miss for the three quarters he played and high-landed 23 points from his 6 ft., 5 in of altitude...