The cutting machine was used to cut along the bottom of a coal seam so that when the coal was blasted loose it would drop down and not shoot out.
The cutting machine was used to cut along the bottom of a coal seam so that when the coal was blasted loose it would drop down and not shoot out.
U.S. National Park Service
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