Cobalt in Timiskaming District, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Mucking Machine or Overshot Loader

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2022

1. Mucking Machine or Overshot Loader Marker

Inscription.
This type of loader replaced the miner’s shovel and greatly increased production underground. Use of these machines meant that larger mine cars could be used which in turn meant bigger tunnels, and more ore could be moved. Mucking machines are still used underground in mines even in these days of diesel loaders and trucks and some of them are up to three times the size of the machine here. They are powered by compressed air.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars.

Location. 47° 23.733′ N, 79° 41.126′ W. Marker is in Cobalt, Ontario, in Timiskaming District. It can be reached from Silver Street just north of Bunker Lane, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located in the small interpretive park on the north side of the Pan Silver Headframe. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 21 Silver Street, Cobalt ON P0J 1C0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northeastern Ontario

and specifically in Northern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Side Dump Cars (here, next to this marker); Tripod Drill (here, next to this marker); Bar and Arm Drill (here, next to this marker); Battery Tramming Motor (here, next to this marker); Cobalt Mining / L’exploitation Minière de Cobalt

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(a few steps from this marker); City of Cobalt Shaft / Le puits de mine de la Ville de Cobalt (a few steps from this marker); Centennial Time Capsule (a few steps from this marker); Willet Green Miller (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cobalt.

Also see . . . Rocker Shovel Loader or Mucker (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

The operator, standing on a raised platform to one side of the machine, operates the controls, one lever to drive the machine along the tracks, and another to raise and lower the bucket. Once the bucket has been filled by driving the loader forwards into the pile of material, the rocker mechanism throws the contents over the top of the machine and into a wagon behind. Once full, the loaded wagon can be taken away and replaced with an empty one to allow loading to continue.

(Submitted on April 25, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Mucking Machine / Overshot Loader & Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2022

2. Mucking Machine / Overshot Loader & Marker

Mucking Machine / Overshot Loader with Dump Cars image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 1, 2022

3. Mucking Machine / Overshot Loader with Dump Cars

Credits. This page was last revised on April 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 227 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 25, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.