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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.'

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

Two men operating a loading machine.

2. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

A very large cutting machine being operated by a miner. 'Credit must be given to William Vandivert, Not to be reproduced without written liscense.

3. Cutting Machine in Operation at Mine No. 32

Two miners standing next to drilling machine.

4. Miners Operating a Drilling Machine at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 32