Coal mine Blueprints??

[NW Modeling List]

It's not often I totally blow an Internet search but I sure did this one! I 
 have been searching for 1950's mines! After taking a dinner brake and a 
stroll  through a book on mining that I realized I needed to change my search 
parameters  from coal mines to coal prep plants and a ton of info and photos 
came up!
I am still however looking for a set of blueprints for dimensions! If  
anyone has anything like this please contact me!
Ray Russell Sr
 
 
In a message dated 10/12/2013 4:48:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

Hi!
I need some help! I have spent most of the past 2 Saturdays searching the  
net for Blueprints for a West Virginia style mine. I am building a large 
model  railroad based on the Pocahontas Division From Williamson to Bluefield. 
I have  the track charts for the division and it names a number of mines. 
However I  have come to face the fact that trying to model each and every mine 
accurately  would probably eat up 2 - 3 lifetimes just doing the research! 
LOL SO along  that trend of thought I have decided to model a few as close 
as possible and  the rest will be based on practices of the time. 
I am looking for a book, set of articles, web based site I may not have  
found that has a mine broken down into it's basic components. Then of course I 
 need some key dimensions like how high the floor is above the rails.  
Picking table and screen arrangements. If I wanted to build a Colorado mine a  
lot of this is on the net but so far WV has been a bust. Any one have any  
insights please share them with me!
Thanks in advance!
Ray Russell  Sr. 



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