Jun. 26—FRANKLIN, Kan. — Miners Hall Museum is proceeding with its plan to move a historic walking dragline from a rural area of northeastern Cherokee County to the junction of Kansas Highway 47 and U ...

FRANKLIN, Kan. — A walking dragline used decades ago for coal and clay mining in Southeast Kansas is about to go on the move again. This time, with a little help. The entire Page 618 walking dragline ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Kan. — A really big Southeast Kansas project is officially on the move. Tilton & Sons Housemoving began the task of moving the 500,000 pound “Page 618” walking dragline from a field ...

FRANKLIN, Kan. — A key piece of Southeast Kansas coal mining history made the move Friday from an old coal field in northeastern Cherokee County to its final home in Franklin, Kansas. Derrick Tilton ...

It’s been quite a year for the Miners Hall Museum. A new digital kiosk went online last month and the Page 618 walking ...

Seven mines extract lignite coal in six East Texas counties - Rusk, Panola, Harrison, Camp, Titus and Hopkins. Instead of tunnels and pulleys, local miners use backhoes, haulers and the beast of all ...