Watch: A history of mainstay surface mining equipment manufacturer P&H Mining

In the mid-1880s, a pair of young tradesmen with a penchant for building equipment and motors started a business building and selling cranes, then expanded into earthmoving equipment and eventually into the mining industry. Over the next century-plus, P&H MIning established itself as a manufacturer of rugged quality equipment that continues through today - as a division of Komatsu Mining. Here's an interesting history of this longstanding mainstay of surface mining operations.