Noonan North Dakota Lignite Mine Drag Line Crane Real Photo Postcard

Baukol-Noonan Lignite, Inc. was a prominent company in North Dakota's coal mining industry, particularly active during the mid-20th century. Operating near Noonan, North Dakota, the company specialized in surface mining lignite, a type of coal abundantly found in the state. The postcard prominently features a large dragline excavator, an indispensable piece of heavy machinery engineered to remove vast amounts of overburden—the soil and rock layers above a coal seam—to facilitate the extraction of the lignite deposits beneath.