END LOADER USED AROUND THE TIPPLE AND THE ENTRANCE TO A COAL MINE OPERATED BY GEORGE WILSON NEAR WILDER AND COOKEVILLE TENNESSEE. IT WAS CLOSED BY FEDERAL MINE INSPECTORS BECAUSE AN ARCING DRILL WAS USED AND REGULATIONS CALLED FOR A NON-ARCING ONE THE MINE PRODUCED 250 TONS OF COAL A DAY FOR HOME HEATING AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY. WILSON SAID IT WOULD COST $100,000 TO GET INTO BUSINESS AGAIN

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