Mining | America Corp
''s Mining Division designs, manufactures and supports equipment supplied to mining customers around the world. Shipped around the world, the super large off-highway mining trucks from Peoria, Illinois, use up to 3,500 horsepower diesel engines to generate power for electric motors mounted in the rear wheels, driving the vehicle up to 40 mph.
A Look at Gold Mining Equipment - The Graystone Company
You can still find that today, but like any other industry, gold extraction has become a highly mechanized process accomplished with heavy-duty gold mining equipment. Large-scale gold recovery is a costly endeavor, and many of the heavy-duty machines used for mining projects are designed to be time- and cost-effective.