Cross-pit conveyor

Cross-pit conveyor for strip-mining operations and cooperating with one or more excavating machines, comprising:

• a pair of struts and a base strut, all arranged and interconnected in a configuration constituting a horizontally oriented isosceles triangle, the struts of the pair constituting the legs and defining the principal corner of the triangle as well as a line of symmetry of the triangle, there being two additional corners at the ends of the base strut;
• a plurality of undercarriage means disposed respectively in the corners of the triangle for movably but separately supporting the struts;
• a first pair of upwardly converging towers, pivotably linked to said base and corners and constituting a first structure;
• a second pair of upwardly converging towers extending from the said base corners but in an inclined fashion, and constituting a second support structure;
• a vertical support tower extending generally upwardly from said principal corner and being on its upper end connected to the ends of the second pair of converging towers;
• tension means interconnecting the first and second pairs of towers at their respective upper ends;
• a boom pivotably linked to said base strut and extending in a direction opposite that principal corner;
• cable means tensioning the boom in relation to the first pair of towers;
• and conveyor means extending in and along said boom.