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Men at work with loading machine and shuttle car. Probably Joy Machinery.

1. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

Front Row 'Left to Right'; N.T. Berry, North Western-Hanna, R.C. Larsen,North Western-Hanna, J.J. Larsen, North Western-Hanna. Back Row 'Left to Right'; Robert O'Conner, North Western-Hanna, J.E. Fier, North Western-Hanna, G.M. Allis, North Western-Hanna, M.L. Zhan, North Western-Hanna, Alfred Christopherson, North Western-Hanna, Harry Turner, Superintendent, Loveridge Mine.

2. Employees of the Loveridge Mine

Two men with equipment putting up bolts to support the mine roof.

3. Miner Roof Bolting

Two men stand beside rail cars.  A cart a motor sits in  front of them.

4. Miners Stand by Steel Mine Railway Cars

Two men running a roof bolter in Jamison No. 9 mine.

5. Miner Roof Bolting at Jamison No. 9 Mine

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.

Miners leaving roofed man trip car at shifts end.

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

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

8. Miners Placing Charges

Two men operating a loading machine.

9. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

10. Joy Manufacturing Company Continuous Mining Machine

A miner moves a fully loaded shuttle car down the mine shaft.

11. Loaded Coal Shuttle Car

Two miners digging coal in mine.

12. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Two men working with a rubber tire mounted cutting machine.

13. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Close-up view of roof drill in action. Man in background is tightening bolt with air powered wrench at Consol. No. 204, Jenkins, Ky.

14. Miners Roof Bolting at Consol No. 204, Jenkins, Ky.

Two men cutting coal in the parting.

15. Cutting Coal with Cavalier

A coal cutter with nine foot cutting blade at work in Consol. Coal Co. Mine No. 32, Owings, W. Va.

16. Cutting Machine in Operation at Mine No. 32

Two miners operate a track mounted coal cutting machine.

17. Track Mounted Cutting Machine

Two miners take samples of coal.

18. Miners Taking Samples of Coal

A miner empties his shuttle car.

19. Shuttle Car Discharging Coal

Miners gathered in a typical Consol locker room with a modern bath house adjacent to it.

20. Typical Consol Locker Room

21. Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting

Miner on a small, track mounted, cutting machine.

22. Miner Operating a Small, Track Mounted, Cutting Machine

23. Miner Marking a Coal Seam

Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

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

25. Miners Operating a Loading Machine in Jamison No. 9 Mine

26. Miner Operating a Coal Loading Machine

27. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Miners at work with loading machine and shuttle car.

28. Miner Operating a Loading Machine

Two men sitting on a bench in a mine in an underground mine.  Sign reads, 'It is a dischargeable offence to run over any cable.'

29. Miners Seated on Bench in an Underground Mine.

Two miners operate the breast type coal cutting machine.

30. Breast Type Coal Cutting Machine, Consol Mine No. 26, Watson, W. Va.

Man cutting coal in Consol. Coal Co. Mine in Kentucky. Note the roof supports using jacks.

31. Miner Cutting Coal in Consol Mine in Kentucky

Coal miner's shower room.

32. Miner's Showers, Hanna Coal Company

A miner operates an electric shuttle car in the mine.

33. Miner Operating an Electric Shuttle Car

34. Cutting Coal Preparatory to Shooting It Down for Loading

A miner operating a coal cutting machine.

35. Coal Miner at Work

36. Coal Miner at Work Underground

37. Making a Cut in Coal Face Prior to 'Shooting Down' Coal