The invention discloses a large mining excavator and a cable drum device of the large mining excavator. The cable drum device comprises a drum, a support, a motor driving device, a cable arranging mechanism, a top cover and a high-pressure sliding ring device, wherein the drum is used for enabling a cable to be wound and unwound, the drum is provided with a drum shaft, an end portion of the drum shaft is provided with a connecting bolt, the two ends of the drum are fixed to the support, the motor driving device is used for driving the drum to rotate, the cable arranging mechanism is used for enabling the cable to be evenly and orderly wound onto the drum and unwound from the drum, the ratio of the running speed of the cable arranging mechanism, the rotating speed of the drum and the speed of a walking mechanism of the excavator is kept constant, the top cover is arranged on the top of the drum, the high-pressure sling ring device is provided with an integral type box body, an upper bearing and a lower bearing are arranged at the upper portion of the box body and the lower portion of the box body respectively, and the shaft end, in the position of the upper bearing, of the high-pressure sliding ring device is provided with a long circular hole so that the shaft end can be inserted onto the connecting bolt when the high-pressure sliding ring device is installed. According to the large mining excavator and the cable drum device of the large mining excavator, the performance and the safety of the large mining excavator are improved, and use cost is reduced.