The Captain was the first of the big draglines, built by Marion Power Shovel for the Captain Mine in Illinois. It was then rivalled by the Big Muskie, owned by the Central Ohio Coal Company ...

Remove the draglines of silk and spiders land clumsily, lose their footing and nearly tumble abdomen-over-head; hardly the efficient hunters made out to be.

Marion powered shovels and draglines constructed the Panama Canal, Hoover Dam, and many other projects across the country. News Sports Life & Events Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals LOCAL ...

The strength of spiders' dragline silk is well known. But it also has remarkable torsional properties. You hardly ever see a dangling spider twist and turn in the breeze. Measurements on the ...

Jumping spiders use silk draglines to steer their prey-capturing leaps, show researchers. Hasarius adansoni. Photo: Kai-Jung Chi, National Chung Hsing University/Journal of the Royal Society Interface ...

MineWare has been collaborating with CRCMining and the University of Queensland to create automated draglines. The Australian black coal industry has provided a grant of $750,000 to develop the ...