https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/29c3cba1-15a2-4f93-96f9-fed01959edc7 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com 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 Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CQAoSSHwfM Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:41:18 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/29c3cba1-15a2-4f93-96f9-fed01959edc7 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.