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Photograph of a steam shovel going digginf through the mountain side. Donor/Source: Rob Hanford (owned by Glenn Way) 0170118. Audio tape 14A-211. H. H. Boomer owned this Buceris Erie steam shovel. It was disassembled in Quincy, hauled to the quarry site , and reassembled. As the shovel dug into the mountainside, the tracks were extended. The rock would first be dynamited, then the shovel would pick up the debris. George Shue, a Swede, was H. H. Boomers foreman at the quarry. He was a mining engineer. GMW was on this site because he was bringing them in a powerline from Camp 2. Pete whitcomb and Whitney Robinson were working with GMW at the time. First they build a 2300v line, and then installed transformers, 110v for lighting and 220v for equipement. The quarry had its own shop, "a great big building, big timbers." "Buceris" can be made out on the side of the shovel (15). It burned wood. The foreman standing in the doorway is probably holding a water hose.
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