May 7—WEST MINERAL, Kan. — Big Brutus, the electric dragline shovel that played an integral role in shaping the coal mining industry in Southeast Kansas, is turning 60 this year. A two-day event ...

Big Brutus is the world's largest electric shovel, standing 16 stories in the fields of southeast Kansas. The coal mine it helped dig has long... 'Big Brutus,' World's Largest Electric Shovel, Turned ...

WEST MINERAL, Kan. (KSNT) – A massive piece of equipment, hidden in a small southeast Kansas town, is a symbol of the area’s rich mining history. Its size and force were the talk of the town for ...

WEST MINERAL, Kan. Like a mountain in the distance, Big Brutus rises above the Kansas horizon long before visitors are anywhere close it. This part of Kansas is coal mining country. And Big Brutus — ...

It looms in the distance like a huge steel monster. The closer one gets to Big Brutus, the bigger it appears. The electric shovel, 16 stories tall to the top of its boom is taller than the 10-story ...

WEST MINERAL, Kan. - Big Brutus has provided many memories for Nadine Wilson. The Sherman, Kan., resident remembers the 11-million pound electric shovel removing coal from her grandmother's property.

When I told folks in Kansas that I was going to be in the southeastern corner of the state, everybody said, you've got to go see Big Brutus. What's Big Brutus? It is the world's largest electric ...

Like a mountain in the distance, Big Brutus rises above the Kansas horizon long before visitors are anywhere close it. This part of Kansas is coal mining country. And Big Brutus — the world’s largest ...

Big Brutus, the largest existing electric shovel in the world. It is 16 stories tall and weighs 11 million pounds. Beccy Tanner The Wichita Eagle WEST MINERAL, Kan. Like a mountain in the distance, ...