Mining machine with sliding cutting tool assembly

A cutting machine for a mine, said machine being of the type which includes a rotatably mounted cutting tool, a loading ramp and a hauling arrangement extending in a direction towards a face of the mine for receiving and hauling material cut by the tool, said tool being mounted on a slide which is displaceable on guides extending in a longitudinal direction of the machine, wherein the guides comprise tubes or rods which are connected with a machine flame and which are located substantially within a plane of a track-laying gear frame, the slide including longitudinal spars and a crossbeam for mounting said tool, wherein the machine frame, at least in a front region adjacent the crossbeam, is formed as a box section having a width within which the hauling arrangement is guided so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the machine and wherein said crossbeam of the displaceable slide emcompasses the box section of the machine frame in a portal-like manner.