The invention discloses an excavator for a mine, and belongs to the technical field of excavators. The excavator for the mine comprises a mounting box, an air inlet is formed in the mounting box, a filter net is fixedly connected into the air inlet, a sweeping shaft is rotatably connected to the filter net, a sweeping rod is fixedly connected to the sweeping shaft, the bottom of the filter net isfixedly connected with a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is rotatably connected with a dust falling rod matched with the sweeping rod, a box door is rotatably connected to the mounting box, the boxdoor is fixedly connected with a driving motor, the driving motor is connected with a driving shaft, the driving shaft is connected with an air suction piece, the driving shaft is matched with the sweeping shaft, the bottom of the mounting box is slidingly connected with a dust collection box, the side wall of the mounting box is fixedly connected with an air guide shaft, the end, away from the mounting box, of the air guide pipe is fixedly provided with a blowing opening matched with the excavator body, the excavator is excellent in dust removal effect, the function of vertical blowing of cooling fins can be achieved, cooling fin cavity blockage is prevented, and the dust amount in the mine is reduced while the cooling capacity is improved.