Railroader,
October, November, and December, 1959, by Jack
Work. Both tipples are very complex, with multiple buildings, and
represent three different types of mines.
The Joller tipple is unique in that it has two types of mines, a
drift mine and a shaft mine that it serves. The White Rapids
tipple serves a slope mine. The different types of mines are
as follows: A drift mine has a horizontal shaft directly into the
hillside where a coal seam has been exposed. A shaft mine
is a vertical shaft that goes deep underground, and the coal,
ore, or other products are brought to the surface in buckets. A
slope mine is on an angle, and the mine cars are brought to the
surface with cables. Each type of tipple associated with these
different mining techniques has a distinct shape. The shaft
tipple is the most identifiable with its tower and hoist house.
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11: Front of the Martinsburg tipple showing the run out
trestle and the loading chutes for the hopper cars. On the
left is the truck chute with a 1934 Ford dump waiting for
its next load. Mine cars will be added to the trestle.
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