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123SEPTEMBER Bluefi eld Coal Show Issue

Booth traffi c included coal execs and coal miners alike, different in rank, simi-lar in attitude as they were all quick to grab a “Support Coal” wristband in order to proudly display their support for an in-dustry that has been their livelihood. The overall consensus was apparent, “Now, more than ever, the coal industry needs everybody’s physical and heartfelt sup-port.”

The Coal People Magazine crew attend-ing were Editor/Publisher Al Skinner, Managing Editor Christina Karawan, Advertising Sales Associates Lisaand Chuck Roper, and Alan Terranova. Contributing Editor Art Sanda attend-ed the fi rst day representing CPM at the media breakfast along with Lisa, Chuck and Alan. Art also stayed busy interview-ing Keith Richardson of Joy Mining Ma-chinery. He also met with O.J. Gardnerof Gardner Paint to schedule a feature on the Mount Mission School. Both features can be seen in this issue.

Freelance contributor and Bluefi eld native, Bill Archer, also at-tended. Bill wrote several articles for the CPM’s Sept. is-sue. Many booth visitors commented that they knew David

Cline of Rock ‘N Roll Coal, who was fea-tured on the cover.

Alan, Lisa and Chuck arrived on set-up day and took care of everything. Chuck stayed busy the entire show running box after box of magazines to the registra-tion tables. The September issues were going as fast as he could deliver. Lisa,

Chuck and Alan were in perpetual mo-tion as they visited booths and took pho-tos, only to return to the CPM booth to stock up on goods to give away. Chris-tina spent most of her time manning the booth while the others did the leg work.

It’s such a prideful feeling when people approach us with compliments and adu-lation. That extension makes us all feel as though our format is what the people want, and it’s working.

John Font with Generon stopped by to plan his annual advertising schedule with Lisa Roper. He met Lisa at the 2009 Coal Prep show and told her when he was ready to advertise, he would let her know. And that he did. John stopped by several times missing the very busy Lisa by minutes. He fi nally caught up with her and Lisa was able to help coordinate his advertising and added values for the re-mainder of the year and 2010. Great to have you with us John!

Alan spoke with Matt Simmons of the Simmons Equipment of Pounding Mill, VA, at length. Matt has been carrying on the popular “Simmons” name in the

industry. In the early years of CPM, we worked with Bernard Simmons, and that company was the very fi rst national company to advertise in CPM all those years ago. It carried on for years through Blackwell Associates of Abingdon, VA.

Lisa and Christina stopped by the Phillips booth to say hello. Great to see the al-ways smiling Jim Phillips who reported that business is good. The overall feeling of the group was very positive. Phillips recently added 12,000 square ft. of new shop space at the Beckley, WV, location. Phillips Machine West, a new 18,000 sq.

ft. facility in Delta, CO, is now in full scale operation. Phillips Ma-chine South Africa facility is cur-rently under construction with an estimated completion of this fall. We’ve worked with Becky Walkerfor years and were happy to meet her. Becky provides us with ad copy, press releases, articles and everything in between. Also at the booth was Bruce Dickerson. Bruce was featured on the cover of CPM’s March 2008 issue. Bruce, we have your extra copies coming

soon!

Another stop for the two was at the Bucyrus booth. The display was amaz-ing with a full set up of room and pillar

Matt Simmons and Justin Brown

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Joy Mining MachineryJoy’s latest technology in equipment and services were displayed.

Rulmeca & Kerco Inc.Chuck Reed President of Kerco, Inc. and Jay Graham of

Rulmeca with customers

Richwood

Parsons ChainMark Newton and George Roman

Target DrillingJodi and John WoodWesco Distribution


AMR Inc. Chris Adkins, Robert Graf, David Graf, Paul Cormier, Bob Saxton,

Jim Gunnoe and Joe Shrewsberry

LaCrosse Melynda Snowden

L-3 Communications Megan Woodworth, Duncan VanBuskirk, Mike Kovack and Tom Eldridge

AnalabsAnnissa Reiger and Kelli Harrison

United Central Industrial SupplyCarl Mallory, Leslie Moran and Harry Dushac

Miner News Merl Weber, Arnie Weber

Arch Environmental Equipment, Inc.Kevin Merkel, Garry Coughlin and Mike Archer

Barabra Altizer with Coal LeaderJack Enos with Crown Battery


CABDavid Hamilton, Allen Smith and Patrick Krumenacker


Boge & Air RepairBob Matheny and Tim Tarrant

Duraline, LLCEd Kriscunas and David Redding

EvaparDan Baldwin

Brookville Equipment CorporationHarry Reitz and Ben Crana

Service Pump

West View-Cunningham Co., IncMitch Huddad, Leo Mantz

Fairmont Supply Co. Chuck Berry and Rich Layton

Gould’s Electric Motor RepairJ.C. Gould and Jerry Gould

MefcorKyle Hurt


Eastern Vault

Irwin Car & Equipment

Trojan Tire, Inc.Adam Jasnich and Bernie O’Coin

Jackie Wright with Summerlee Parts and Frank Hyden with Sandvik

Jennmar CorporationAlong with new products, Jennmar displayed several cable bolts such as, Non Ten-sion & Post Tension, INSTa’L Cable Bolt, Fully Grouted INSTa’L Anchor System, JM

All Thread Bolt, and several other bolts as well. Also featured were plates, shells, and Friction-Lok.

Lee Supply Co., Inc.On display were engineered products for improving productivity, safety, and cost.

Lee Supply remains committed to quality solutions, supply, and service.



MinovaFred Mays, Elwood Mabe and Bob Bolinger

Line PowerRichard Shumate, Tom Kouski, Randy Puckett, Keith Cantrell, Jim Bedwell

and Robert Gilmer

Electric Motor ServiceKurt Rossberger of DMK Inc.

and Tommy Thompson of EMS

Conveyor Accessories, Inc.Thomas Richardson and

Michael Baisden of Xpress Cable & Repair

Phoenix First ResponseSarah Dagit

Pioneer ConveyorDoug Warnick, Tom Redman, Charlie Tusing, Dave Tressler, Don Butcher, Wayne Shreve, Roger

Goodwin, Harry Donaldson and Josh Helbig

Hansen TransmissionsMarc Milgrim, Steve King, John Reilly, Marcel Zapatero, Brandan Sommerfi eld,

Bill Uhleman and Dana Willie.


Strata Products (USA) displayed a selection of their roof support products. Strata Safety Products introduced new partnerships with NL Technologies (NLT) and

Turanair® Systems. Strata Mine Services now offers a collection of injection resins and expanding foams from BASF.

Becker / SMCJustin Tidd, Alvin Grose, David Gallaher and Jon McCullough

Brady Mining Marc Medersitzki, Sean Cox and Russ Myers

J & R ManufacturingSteve Slate & Theresa Barringer

Rel-Tek Al Ketler

Logan Corp.Gary Miller, Ron Sparks and Scott White

JADCORay Tedford and Scott Rife

Good YearJeff Maranville

LaMarcheJohn Pawula, Judy La Marche, Jim Darty and Bob Schuelke



T & N Electric Motor ExchangeMac Bane, Jason Plymal and Skip Allison

Metalcraft Mining Equipment Rebuilders, Inc.Ricky Kincaid, Debbie McClung, Rebecca Salisbury, April Rose, Vince Belletto,

Lowell McClung, Harley McClung

Belo Mine Supply, Inc.John Hunt, Jamie Robertson and Jimm Kirk

Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc.Lucy Boardwine

Wright Concrete & Construction, Inc.Megan Wright, Chuck Hopkins and Cheryl Caines

WeatherfordPatti Meyer

GrindexDavid Wilson of SW Services, Fred Mossman of Grindex,

and Boyd Farmer of SW Services

Johsnon Industries, Inc.Roger Mullins, Jerry Thacker and Arnold Thornsbury

Johsnon Industries, Inc.


Engart, Inc.Pam Parsons

Damascus CorporationThe display featured most major models from the company’s line of

specially-designed personnel carriers and transporters.

Bluefi eld Manufacturing, Inc.Anne Miller and Dean Hartzell

Convenience Products, Inc.Marty Walker and Michael Sites

J.H. Fletcher Co.A large diesel tractor, designed to haul longwall shields and supplies, were on display. The unit includes a Mercedes diesel engine, Kessler

axles, Clark transmission, and features the new Fletchbustm control system.

Gardner Paint Services, Inc.Brandon White, Steve Korchmar

Wallace Diesel Mining Equipment Jeff Clinton

Southern Mine ServiceJay Humphrey and Billy Allport

Rye Valley GearDanny Cline, Randy Gordon and Brad Kimes



Dry Systems TechnologiesRichard Williams, Don Pesavento, Ron Eberhart and Terry McDonald

The Cincinnati Mine Machinery Co.Ron Paolelle, Nathan Hickman and Bob Stenger

Blizzard Industrial Supply CompanyLarry Zande, Patricia Zande, Debbie Carroll and Barry Sadler

EnerSysMichelle Hoston, Lisa Powers and Frank Shaffer

Electric Motor Repair & SalesEarl Booher, Robbie Carbary and Arlie Riffe

Congratulations to Kelly Crile of Millennium Torque & Ten-sioning, Inc., for winning the Casino Night auction bid for a full page full color in CPM.

Curtis Roberts has been working with Pemco since way back when the Indiana show featured exhibitors – Curtis asked Lisa to fi nd out if Al has caught any fi sh with that fi sh-ing rod. Al and Curtis traded door prizes at one of the Indiana shows...Al traded his golf balls for a fi shing rod. And yes, he has caught many fi sh!

The last day of the show Lisa and Chuck arrived at the booth a few minutes early. A man stopped by and reached in the candy jar to grab a couple of tootsie rolls. Lisa turned her back momentarily to put something away then looked up to see that this man took the entire candy jar fi lled with tootsie rolls and bolted. In an instant he was gone. Lisa just chuck-led, typical Lisa. It would take a lot to upset the easy-going southern girl who always has a smile on her face.

same place, 2011. Bluefi eld Coal Symposium, the alternate, is planned for 2010. Details to follow.

the Sept. issue. (page 92-93) Shortly after the magazine was in circulation, a call came in from Franklin Spence of Mar Mac Aggregates, LLC in Goldsboro NC.: “I read the article by Lee Osborne Thank God I’m a Technocrat. I just want to tell you how much I appreciated that article, I read it two or three times and Mr. Osborne is right on target with his article, and it’s a shame that our leaders in Washington don’t have the same wisdom that Mr. Osborne does. He sure hit the nail right on the head. I appreciate the article, I appreciate you folks publishing it. I agree with Mr. Osborne 100 percent.”

Readers comments are always welcome. Contact an editor today! E-mail: Al Skinner, [email protected], or Christina Karawan, [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!

As always, CPM’s sales staff is available to help every step of the way! Contact your sales representative today for as-sistance in implementing a marketing plan to suit your com-panies needs and budget!Advertising Sales Team:Lisa Roper (864) 278-8227 E-mail: [email protected] Roper (864) 546-8978 E-mail: [email protected] Terranova (304) 421-4106 E-mail: [email protected]

Lee Osborne of Ceramic Technology, Inc, submitted an article for

Reservations for the next show are open, September 14-16,


ping by the elaborate Fairchild Interna-tional booth. The booth was buzzing and representatives were busy introduc-ing the 35C-WHPD Workhorse Permis-sible Diesel Scoop to visitors.

Gov. Joe Manchin’s helicopter landed and he was immediately surrounded by industry professionals at every level anx-ious to say hello and shake his hand. Gov. Manchin maintains a high-accep-tance rate in the state of West Virginia. His compassion for the state and its peo-ple is evident.

Show Chairman Charles A. Peters ac-companied Gov. Manchin on a tour of the show. “I’ve never seen a coal show this big,” the governor commented.

As he made his way through the tented area accompanied by Charlie, photog-raphers, and assistants, Christina had a chance to tell him that Al Skinner was at

the Coal People booth. His face lit up as he headed toward Al with an extended arm. Gov. Manchin and Al go way back. Additionally, Al did a lot of work with A. James Manchin when he fi rst ran for Sec. of State.

He stayed and chatted for a while, took a call, and returned to continue catching up with Al. As busy as he is, he never seems in a hurry to move on. He is gra-cious and classy. West Virginia and the coal industry are lucky to have him.

Jim McMahon of Frontier-Kemper stopped by to meet us in person and thank us again for the feature we pub-lished in June highlighting the completion of their fi rst blind-drilled shaft. It was the largest single-pass hole ever drilled in North America and was quite an achievement for the group. He reported to have received a lot of positive feedback from the article. Keep up the good work and thank you for al-lowing CPM to spread the good news.

Mike Hastings with the Car-roll Group invited Christina and Art Sanda to his booth where Delta Electric and Carroll Engineering were introducing the new service product, Power Factor Cor-rection. The service evalu-ates existing electric bills and penalties utilizing soft-ware programs and analay-sis to minimize the increase in electric bills. This service will enable coal companies to add the savings to their profi t margin. Very impressive!

Lisa and Chuck had a wonderful lunch courtesy of Larry Zande of Blizzard In-dustrial Supply. Blizzard had a unique booth that was located outside. Rather than a tent, their booth was created with one of their products. The fabrication di-vision manufactures metal overcasts for mines. They added stairs and a handrail around the top of one of the overcasts to create a second fl oor that came complete with tropical decorations and great food.

(l to r): Charlie Ernst, Shawn Collins, Jim McMahon, Roger Cherry, Rob Brown

(l to r): P-Wee Daniels, John Hawse, Mike Hastings, Clark Johnson, Dan Permenter, Charlie Daniels

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ried well into the Bluefi eld Coal Show. Jack Fink of Plymouth Rubber so clever-ly made arrangements for his associates to sport name tags with female names.

We are not sure if it worked, but it cre-ated a lot of laughs. We had the plea-sure of working with Sergio Pin-eiro of Plymouth Rubber on the de-velopment of his full page ad in the Sept. issue. Alan Terranova has been working with

Sergio on his advertising schedule and they are anxious to start advertising and running articles. They were showcasing the long awaited GLF2 Jacket Repair Wrap.

Alan and Christina followed their noses to savor some great grilled food at the Setco/RM Wilson booth. The grilled pork chops and peppers were delicious. Bob Gillispie, truly in his glory, sat and chat-ted for a bit. Bob said that when he was checking in at registration, some folks commented that they saw SETCO and RM Wilson’s article in Coal People’s Sep-tember issue and will be by to get some food. The article featured an invitation for showgoers to come and enjoy grilled food and drinks.

Steve Mercer wrapped up a plate of stuffed peppers for Alan and Christina to take to Al Skinner. He wanted to make sure Al got his share because they were going fast! Bobby’s mother spent a lot of time making her special stuffed peppers. Bobby said that she wanted to know if 95 would be enough. He laughed and told her 500 wouldn’t be enough. But, it would have to be fi rst come fi rst served on the

delicious treat. Now we know where Bob-by G. gets his cooking talent. We’re talk-ing “major league” good.

The following day, Al and Alan visited Bill Grisanti (left) of FLEXCO who was ec-static over his picture on the CPM Show Supplement cover. He couldn’t thank us enough. What a good feeling.

After talking with Bill, the two of them gravitated toward nearby Bob Gillespieand Steve Mercer to thank them for the food they sent over the day before. Bob and Steve insisted they again partake in the grilled delights. After a weak “no thanks” the two gave in and just had to have a grilled sausage, all brown and grill striped… too much temptation. And was it ever good. This booth is a show high-light!

Now stuffed like the sausage just eaten, Al and Alan continued on with visits, stop-

Don Case and Jack Fink

Sergio Pineiro

(l to r) Jim Wood - RM Wilson Co., Dave Ullom - RM Wilson Co., Trace Hennesy - Walter Energy, Steve Mercer - RM Wilson Co.,

Bruce Kiger - RM Wilson Co., Bobby Gillespie - SETCO


(l to r): Bill Tate, John Smyth, Lou Stojack, Bob Jelinek, Luis de Leon, Allen Morefi eld

equipment, belt system products includ-ing the 25Mr Continuous Miner, 488D Un-A-Trac scoop, idler rolls, scraper sys-tem, a combination drive, and belt buddy. After approaching the large group and asking for a photo including Executive Vice President Bill Tate, Robert (Bob) Jelinek, vice president sales & integra-tion US & Mexico, was gracious enough to organize the busy men for a photo. And, did we mention he’s quite the host, thanks for the turkey sandwich!

Dave Levy of Levy MG stopped by to talk shop. Dave is a big supporter of Coal People Magazine and has been working with clients in the mining in-dustry for 28 years, offering full service marketing solutions ranging from ad de-sign, sales literature and trade shows to Web site development. Levy MG and CPM will be collaborating efforts to better serve customers on-line. The Web site will continue to take that extra step offer-ing a number of complimentary added values for customers who advertise in print. Look for your monthly newsletter and advertising promotions. Visit www.coalpeople.com.

Kicking off the fi rst day was a visit to Plymouth Rubber’s booth. The laughs from the Coal Prep “Mary Fink” joke car-


GundlachMike Hamby, Arlene Willmann and Brandon Miller

Heintzmann CorporationBob Mick, Mark McGlothlin, Darrell Brown, Erik Denver and Rodney Howery

Heintzmann constructed a 12 X 12 room for the show out the roof support timber they use in underground mines.

Hausner Hard-Chrome, Inc.Mike Sevy

Battery Filling SystemsSteve Carlton

Cogar Manufacturing, Inc.Cogar exhibitied a new CFB56 Feeder Breather with new safety and performance features, and a new miner style crawler. Also

featured was a RT4 Rail Utility Vehicle, a battery powered vehicle that can be used to transport management, safety, survey or

other personnel in the most effi cient manner available.Tunnel Radio

Karen Tate

HSC IndustrialKelly Massey (Tunne, Radio), Steve Dinkler, Tom Hughes, John Hughes and Bob Poling

Minet Lacing TechnologyJim Godfrey and Doug Myers

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