This machine consists essentially of two horizontal cutting chains, one working at the base of the coal seam and the other at a distance from the floor; a third cutter chain is mounted vertically on a shearing jib at right angles to the other two and shears off the coal at the back of the cut. The upper jib breaks the coal up into loadable size, and a short conveyor transfers it to the face conveyor. Similar in principle to the A.B. Meco- Moore cutter-loader.