1942 HOME MOVIE ELDORADO COAL MINE ELDORADO, ILLINOIS GG30115

Year Published: 1942

Description: Filmed in 1942-43 by an unknown American amateur filmmaker, this silent home movie shows views of a coal mine operations in the vicinity of Eldorado, Illinois (possibly the Eldorado Mine operated by the Eldorado Coal Corporation, operated from 1917-53). 00:00 Film starts 00:13 Miner's houses on a rural road probably outside Eldorado, Illinois 00:23 Elevator shaft for the mine and smokestacks belching smoke 00:42 a Cardox truck, which could deliver high pressure discharges of gas used for clearing blockages and build-up. 00:57 Miner on a skid pulled by two work horses, probably returning the team after they've delivered a wagon 1:07 Miners coming out of a building marked "Employees Only" 1:17 Men working on railroad right of way 1:34 Man coming out of what appears to be a welding shop, with bottles of gas stacked outside 1:50 Men push an older small gondola rail car, followed by a brand new car -- with clean wood sides 2:28 Inspection of the new gondola 3:09 wood shop at the mine 3:19 damaged gondola car either being repaired or being scrapped 3:25 a gondola car is shown on fire, probably so the metal parts can be salvaged for re-use 3:46 metal tire is heated up before being slapped onto a gondola truck wheel ? 3:54 Water system in use to keep down dust, followed by series of shots of the grounds and buildings 5:44 large metal hopper or gondola car full of coal is moved in the switch yard to the hump yard 6:03 hump yard for rail cars 6:12 truck full of lumber is shown, marked "Ben F. McGill Eldorado, Ill". 6:25 pile of wood at the plant, stacks of railroad rails and ties 7:53 men unload items from a truck, possibly the items shown in use at 9:40 8:08 man pumps gas from an old fashioned gas pump 9:40 men are shown using what appears to be a pump and a spool of Anaconda wire, possibly to take core samples? 10:00 appear to be core samples 10:19 a truck marked "Jackson Eldorado" leaves the mine 10:34 shot of coal neatly piled in truck bed 10:56 shot of truck marked "Orval Doc Genet Eldorado, Ill." 11:13 steam locomotive with a caboose backs up -- looks like family day as a kid and his mom are on the rear of the caboose 11:35 view of the freight yard at the mine 12:01 steam locomotive # 1587 backs towards coal train cars 12:26 New York Central coal gondola 13:07 b&w footage shot inside the coal processing and loading facility 14:04 bales of what appears to be hay being unloaded from Rock Island Lines boxcar 14:30 miners relax outside of a building 15:04 man in a hat, possibly a supervisor, walks towards camera 15:11 miners pose for the cameraman 15:48 miner poses beside what appears to be a water pump on a flat car 15:55 gondola full of what might be roof jacks 16:07 miner poses with gondola full of sand 16:33 what appears to be staff at the mine pose for the camerman

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