Now that is a dump truck! Imagine what it must be liek to sit behind the wheel of a vehicle that is roughly the size of most houses! This is how the coal reaches the tipple to be loaded onto trains. These dump trucks came by every minute or so, just hauling back and forth.
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How do you get coal from the ground to the tipple? Some mines will use conveyor belts, but even that doesn't always get you there. How about a dump truck that requires a ladder to climb in to? At Coal Creek Mine, a truck filled with coal heads from the mine to the tipple.
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