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Plan for modified longwall mining with a German coal planer. Text on back reads, 'Progress report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va.' If picture is used for publication please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Deptartment of Interior.

1. Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer

IDNO:
001786
Title:
Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer
Description:
Plan for modified longwall mining with a German coal planer. Text on back reads, 'Progress report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va.' If picture is used for publication please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Deptartment of Interior.
Group portrait of coal miners in Price Hill, W. Va.

2. Coal Miners, Price Hill, W. Va.

IDNO:
001787
Title:
Coal Miners, Price Hill, W. Va.
Description:
Group portrait of coal miners in Price Hill, W. Va.
Railcar loaded with the dynamite and cap box.

3. Dynamite and Cap Car

IDNO:
001744
Title:
Dynamite and Cap Car
Description:
Railcar loaded with the dynamite and cap box.

4. Mine Rescue Box

IDNO:
001751
Title:
Mine Rescue Box

5. Coal Storage Bin

IDNO:
001796
Title:
Coal Storage Bin
Group portrait of a posse of men sent after a murderer on April 30, 1912.

6. Posse After Murderer

IDNO:
001782
Title:
Posse After Murderer
Date:
1912/04/30
Description:
Group portrait of a posse of men sent after a murderer on April 30, 1912.
Railcar for hauling dynamite and blasting caps.

7. Dynamite and Cap Car

IDNO:
001759
Title:
Dynamite and Cap Car
Description:
Railcar for hauling dynamite and blasting caps.
Piles of coal in various sizes. In front reads a sign 'Authorized Dealer, Hanna Blue Grass, Kentucky Coal' next to a very large chunk of coal.

8. Piles of Hanna Blue Grass Kentucky Coal

IDNO:
001770
Title:
Piles of Hanna Blue Grass Kentucky Coal
Description:
Piles of coal in various sizes. In front reads a sign 'Authorized Dealer, Hanna Blue Grass, Kentucky Coal' next to a very large chunk of coal.
Coal tinder box on its side.

9. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
001747
Title:
Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Coal tinder box on its side.
Jackhorn five inch lock coal with an automobile in the background.

10. Jackhorn Five Inch Block Coal

IDNO:
001790
Title:
Jackhorn Five Inch Block Coal
Description:
Jackhorn five inch lock coal with an automobile in the background.
Picture of a group of people getting ready to take a tour of the Hutchinson Family Mine.

11. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
001766
Title:
Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Picture of a group of people getting ready to take a tour of the Hutchinson Family Mine.
Pile of coal in a storage bin.

12. Coal Storage Bin

IDNO:
001784
Title:
Coal Storage Bin
Description:
Pile of coal in a storage bin.
Railcars for hauling dynamite and blasting caps.

13. Dynamite and Cap Car

IDNO:
001758
Title:
Dynamite and Cap Car
Description:
Railcars for hauling dynamite and blasting caps.

14. Strip Mining with Bulldozers in Mason County, West Virginia

IDNO:
001767
Title:
Strip Mining with Bulldozers in Mason County, West Virginia
Snow covered mountains in the distance.

15. Snow Covered Mountains

IDNO:
001777
Title:
Snow Covered Mountains
Description:
Snow covered mountains in the distance.
The bottom of a dynamite and cap box.

16. Dynamite Box

IDNO:
001748
Title:
Dynamite Box
Description:
The bottom of a dynamite and cap box.
Filled coal cars at the Lochgelly Mine in Fayette County, W. Va.

17. Loading Coal Cars at Lochgelly Mine, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
001789
Title:
Loading Coal Cars at Lochgelly Mine, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
1952/04/20
Description:
Filled coal cars at the Lochgelly Mine in Fayette County, W. Va.
Picture of a mine Rescue Box tilted forward with its lid open so you can see inside. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

18. Mine Rescue Box

IDNO:
001754
Title:
Mine Rescue Box
Description:
Picture of a mine Rescue Box tilted forward with its lid open so you can see inside. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.
Front of a dynamite and cap box on its side with one lid open and one partially closed.

19. Dynamite Box

IDNO:
001757
Title:
Dynamite Box
Description:
Front of a dynamite and cap box on its side with one lid open and one partially closed.
Piles of Jackhorn 5 inch block coal.

20. Jackhorn Mine Five Inch Block Coal

IDNO:
001794
Title:
Jackhorn Mine Five Inch Block Coal
Description:
Piles of Jackhorn 5 inch block coal.
Group of people with helmets on in mine cars getting ready to go on a tour of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

21. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
001763
Title:
Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Group of people with helmets on in mine cars getting ready to go on a tour of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.
Picture of a coal tinder box on its side. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

22. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
001769
Title:
Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Picture of a coal tinder box on its side. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.
Picture of the slots inside a dynamite box used to hold the sticks of dynamite. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

23. Dynamite Box

IDNO:
001768
Title:
Dynamite Box
Description:
Picture of the slots inside a dynamite box used to hold the sticks of dynamite. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.
Open lid, possibly to a dynamite box.

24. Dynamite Box Lid

IDNO:
001756
Title:
Dynamite Box Lid
Description:
Open lid, possibly to a dynamite box.
Open coal tinder box. Taken at Thomas, W. Va.

25. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
001749
Title:
Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Open coal tinder box. Taken at Thomas, W. Va.
The 'First Coal Town Museum' seated at the bottom a hill. A small bridge spans a rock ledge adjacent the entrance of the museum.

26. Nation's First Coal Town Museum

IDNO:
001764
Title:
Nation's First Coal Town Museum
Date:
1962/06
Description:
The 'First Coal Town Museum' seated at the bottom a hill. A small bridge spans a rock ledge adjacent the entrance of the museum.
This sketch shows men, a women and children walking to work. John Williams/ Coal Life Project. Rijksmuseumkrller-Mller, Otterlo(G.) Copyright Holland.

27. Coal Miners on their Way to the Mines by Vincent Van Gogh

IDNO:
001788
Title:
Coal Miners on their Way to the Mines by Vincent Van Gogh
Description:
This sketch shows men, a women and children walking to work. John Williams/ Coal Life Project. Rijksmuseumkrller-Mller, Otterlo(G.) Copyright Holland.
Coal cars loaded by the Flynn Lumber Company, Nicholas County, Sewell Coal.

28. Coal Cars Loaded by the Flynn Lumber Company, Sewell Coal, Nicholas County

IDNO:
001760
Title:
Coal Cars Loaded by the Flynn Lumber Company, Sewell Coal, Nicholas County
Date:
1945/03/07
Description:
Coal cars loaded by the Flynn Lumber Company, Nicholas County, Sewell Coal.
Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907. Trolley car in the foreground.

29. Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
001779
Title:
Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907. Trolley car in the foreground.
Group portrait taken at Thomas, W. Va. of a group of miners standing next to a Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines Train.

30. Miners Stand Next to a Department of the Interior, Bureau of MinesTrain at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
001742
Title:
Miners Stand Next to a Department of the Interior, Bureau of MinesTrain at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Group portrait taken at Thomas, W. Va. of a group of miners standing next to a Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines Train.
Group of people in coal cars outside of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

31. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
001773
Title:
Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Group of people in coal cars outside of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.
View showing split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway grade .5 mile south of Slab Fork.

32. Split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway Grade One Half Mile South of Slab Fork

IDNO:
001762
Title:
Split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway Grade One Half Mile South of Slab Fork
Description:
View showing split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway grade .5 mile south of Slab Fork.
Tour group entering the mine shaft of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

33. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
001765
Title:
Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Tour group entering the mine shaft of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

34. Visitors Riding Mine Cars Into Mine

IDNO:
002213
Title:
Visitors Riding Mine Cars Into Mine
A pile of coal with large chunks sitting in the yard of a coal processing plant.

35. Coal Awaiting Processing

IDNO:
001772
Title:
Coal Awaiting Processing
Description:
A pile of coal with large chunks sitting in the yard of a coal processing plant.
A clipping from the back of a map, showing a fossilized tree stump in a coal bed.

36. Fossil Tree Stump In Coal Bed

IDNO:
001778
Title:
Fossil Tree Stump In Coal Bed
Description:
A clipping from the back of a map, showing a fossilized tree stump in a coal bed.

37. Miner Explaining Coal Conveyor to Group on a Mine Tour

IDNO:
002212
Title:
Miner Explaining Coal Conveyor to Group on a Mine Tour
Jackhorn Furnace coal with a tennis ball placed among the blocks.

38. Jackhorn Mine Furnace Coal, Tennis Ball Size

IDNO:
001791
Title:
Jackhorn Mine Furnace Coal, Tennis Ball Size
Description:
Jackhorn Furnace coal with a tennis ball placed among the blocks.

39. Miners Moving a Dynamite Box

IDNO:
001750
Title:
Miners Moving a Dynamite Box
Picture of a mine Rescue Box tilted up with the lid open to see inside. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

40. Mine Rescue Box

IDNO:
001753
Title:
Mine Rescue Box
Description:
Picture of a mine Rescue Box tilted up with the lid open to see inside. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.
Dynamite and cap box with lid shut.

41. Dynamite Box

IDNO:
001743
Title:
Dynamite Box
Description:
Dynamite and cap box with lid shut.
Bridge over a valley leading to a mine entrance.

42. Bridge to Mine Entrance

IDNO:
001798
Title:
Bridge to Mine Entrance
Description:
Bridge over a valley leading to a mine entrance.
Pipeline cross section.

43. Pipeline

IDNO:
001755
Title:
Pipeline
Description:
Pipeline cross section.
Open dynamite box showing the slots for the dynamite.

44. Dynamite Box

IDNO:
001774
Title:
Dynamite Box
Description:
Open dynamite box showing the slots for the dynamite.
Kelly's Creek Colliery next to railroad.

45. Kelly's Creek Colliery Building

IDNO:
001795
Title:
Kelly's Creek Colliery Building
Description:
Kelly's Creek Colliery next to railroad.
Coal tinder box with can of coal inside at Thomas, W. Va.

46. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
001745
Title:
Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Coal tinder box with can of coal inside at Thomas, W. Va.
Coal tinder box with can of coal beside it. Taken at Thomas, W. Va.

47. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
001746
Title:
Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Coal tinder box with can of coal beside it. Taken at Thomas, W. Va.
Coal cars loaded by Flynn Lumber Company, Sewell Coal, Nicholas County.

48. Coal Cars Loaded by the Flynn Lumber Company, Sewell Coal, Nicholas County

IDNO:
001761
Title:
Coal Cars Loaded by the Flynn Lumber Company, Sewell Coal, Nicholas County
Date:
1945/03/07
Description:
Coal cars loaded by Flynn Lumber Company, Sewell Coal, Nicholas County.