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A coal filling station stands over the tracks at Mine 86.

61. Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 86 at Carolina, W. Va.

A tipple mine processing plants sits on the edge of a mountain.

62. Tipple at Middleton Mine, Middleton, Marion Co. W. Va.

Coal cars line up in the yard at mine 32.

63. Mine No. 32, Owings, W. Va.

The very large Itmann preparation plant.  A Consolidation Coal Company mine in 1979.

64. Itmann Preparation Plant, Pocahontas Fuel Company

This crane is ripping the mountainside away for coal.

65. Massive Coal Shovel at Work

66. Coal Shovel and other Surface Mining Equipment at Work

67. Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting

68. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

69. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine in Pursglove No. 15 Mine

Coal conveyor systems run throughout the hillside.

70. Raw Coal Conveyor System

Caption on back reads, 'Making a cut in the coal face is this Mastodon of the machine age - an underground cutter.  Rubber tired for mobility, and mounting a 9-foot cutting blade armed with whirring steel bits, it can cut a full 360 degree arc.  This and similar machines give America's bituminous coal mines almost unlimited capacity for production.'

71. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, Owings, W. Va.

A man stands beside large piles of coal.

72. Various Grades of Coal Awaiting Transport