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A few men stand outside of processing plant no. 32 at Fairmont W. Va.

1. Consol No. 32, New Tipple & Cleaning Plant, Fairmont W. Va.

Two men placing charges in an already drilled hole. Notice the preparatory cut on upper right hand side.

2. Miners Placing Charges

Two men operating a loading machine.

3. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

This picture shows the thickness of the coal seam in relation to a normal doorway.

4. Thickness of Coal Seam at Long Branch No. 1

Miners leaving roofed man trip car at shifts end.

5. Miners Leaving Roofed Man-Trip Car At Shift's End, Consolidation Coal Company, Mine No. 32

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.'

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