Overshot Mucker

Overshot Mucker (HM2ADZ)

Location: Lead, SD 57754 Lawrence County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 21.097', W 103° 46.034'

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Trojan Mining Company

—Lead, South Dakota —

The overshot mucker was a rail-mounted, rock excavation machine, operated by compressed air. This mucker was used to scoop up blasted, broken rock and throw it overhead into an ore car positioned behind the mucker. As the mucker advanced the mining crews slid rails into the broken rock until the pile of rock was removed. Then, the rails were properly installed and the mining cycle (drilling, blasting, mucking and bolting) began again.
The pre-existing Portland Mining Company, Clinton Mining Company and American Eagle Mining Company incorporated under the Trojan Mining Company in 1911. This company operated approximately 3-4 miles west of Lead and was the consolidation of many smaller mines. The company purchased the Two Johns Mine and also leased the Republican Mine. After the company purchased the Ofer Mining Company, it gained control of the majority of gold mining operations in the Bald Mountain Mining District.
In 1928 the Trojan Mining Company was bought out by the Bald Mountain Mining Company.
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HM NumberHM2ADZ
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Placed ByBlack Hills Mining Museum
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Date Added Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 at 7:04pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13T E 598250 N 4911666
Decimal Degrees44.35161667, -103.76723333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 21.097', W 103° 46.034'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 21' 5.8200000000001" N, 103° 46' 2.0399999999999" W
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Area Code(s)605
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 323 W Main St, Lead SD 57754, US
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