Coal mine Blueprints??

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Ray,
Do a search on books.google.com for "The design of mine structures"  or just try this link.

http://books.google.com/books?id=MJELAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+design+of+mine+structures&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cN5ZUqrlJ5T69gTRrICQAQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=the%20design%20of%20mine%20structures&f=false

There is a great engineering book with illistrations that should provide you anything you need to design a mine / loadout structure for your model railroad.

Cheers,
Tom Lewis
Jax FL

 

 

 

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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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