This is a view of the northern bucket pit with the bucket in position to be filled with coal. The steel gate on the left side of the shot would be opened to allow coal to flow into the bucket. Photo by Dave Dye on July 18, 1993.


Another view of the northern bucket pit minus the bucket. In this view you can see the steel coal gate with lift chain. It looks like there is quite a bit of water in the pit on this occasion. Photo by Dave Dye on May 28, 1989.