Conveyor for King Coal: Sooty’s Mine Shaft #12 Shop Now >
Demand for Sooty’s coal is red hot, and they have launched their 12th mine shaft, which is running 24/7.
There are three general ways to extract coal from the earth. If it is near the surface, scrape off the topsoil and dig it out. Coal under a mountain? Bore a tunnel in and get it. Deep below ground? You’ve got to go old school and drop a shaft down and dig that heavy stuff out.
Sooty’s #12 has a compact 5" x 8" footprint housing a brick hoist room. The structure has 12 windows and a doorway. The steel roof is weather-worn but boldly hosts the Sooty’s logo. Coal soot gives the shack a rather down-and-dirty look, but it still stands proud!
Two miners chat nearby, and piles of coal and oil cans dot the yard and add to the rustic look. A gray steel sheer angles up to the top platform of the sheave wheel housing. In a shaft mine, rotating wheels are used to move carriers of coal to the surface and to transport miners up and down the shaft.
Miners are on the first and second platforms, inspecting the conveyor. Look closely inside the shaft and you’ll spot the wheels rotating and a conveyor belt up, over the axle, and back down to the mine.
Illuminating Sooty’s Mine Shaft requires a Menards® 4.5-volt power supply. You can use the 279-4061/4361, 4060/4362, or 4050. You can connect it through a single plug over the tabletop or from beneath the shop from a drop-down pigtail plug.
- Mine shaft with authentic parts, including a headframe, shaft station, and sheer
- Animated sheave wheel that turns
- Lighting above the entry door and under the sheave wheel
- Realistically weathered, complete with piles of coal and covered in soot
- Includes four miners, two oil drums, and Jack the German Shepherd
- Limited Edition
- Requires 4.5-volt power source (sold separately, Menards® SKU #279-4061, 4062, 4050)
- Approximate Power Draw: 200 mA
- Dimensions: 5"W x 8"D x 9-3/4"H
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