They Actually Buried A GIANT Mining Shovel

Mining #Shorts October 25, 2025
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Big Hog. That's the name of the gigantic shovel that worked in a Kentucky coal mine from the early 1960s. Labeled as a Bucyrus-Erie 3850-B, the massive shovel worked for 20 years in the Appalachian coal fields. But there's something unique about this power shovel... Instead of being scrapped, like those machine usually are at the end of their operating life, Big Hog was buried under 100 feet of overburden. A unique fat for a machine that's been the center of a hit-song, "Paradise", by John Prine, and which led to major controversy. This is how a giant mining shovel was actually buried... Watch the entire footage of Big Hog at work here: @MiningPhotography

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