Talk:Big Muskie

Big Muskie was larger than the Captain based on bucket size. Muskie swung a 220 cubic yard while the Captain swung a 180 cubic yards. - JS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.188.247.6 (talk) 20:41, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Marion 6360
Although Big Muskie was incredibly HUGE, the Marion 6360, a.k.a "the Captain" was larger, and heavier by 200 tons. So, Big Muskie was the second largest shovel. Don 16:41, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * For the record; Wrong Compare 'like with like', Big Muskies a Dragline, "the Captain" was a Stripping shovel, which is a different type of machine. - BulldozerD11 (talk) 17:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Ohio Coal is Bituminous
All the coal mined by this machine was bituminous, primarily the Meigs Creek Coal in upper Carboniferous Monongahela formation. Unlike Lignite (brown coal) the overburden is hard rock which drilled and blasted and the dragline excavates and casts the blasted spoil into the previously mined pit. It was high-sulfur coal though. Edited the article to reflect this.

Bucket pictures have no scale
Both pictures of the bucket lack any sense of scale so its hard to appreciate how big it actually was. Perhaps someone can take another picture with a bicycle or something beside it.--Hooperbloob (talk) 00:43, 19 December 2019 (UTC)