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1. Miners Eating in the Cafeteria

Two miners operate a cutting machine. 'Credit must be given to Willaim Vandivert, 21 East Tenth St., New York 3, N.Y., Not to be reproduced without written liscense.'

2. Cutting Machine in Operation

3. Miner Testing for Gas

'Charge being placed in the hole; notice preparatory cut in the center.'

4. Miner Placing a Charge

Three miners hard at work as coal comes down a conveyor.  Copyright Photo by William Vandivert, 21 East Tenth Street, New York 3, N. Y.

5. Mining Coal

Group portrait of miners and horses inside a mine. 'Dr. Parkinson said a copy of this picture appeared in Natural Geographic's Pictorical Study of Appalachia.'

6. Miners and Their Horses

A miner operating an electric shuttle car filled with coal.

7. Electric Shuttle Car

'A very small cutting machine or a v.m. drilling machine. Probably a cutting machine'

8. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Two miners working to support the roof in the Itmann Coal Co. mine. <br /><br />

9. Miners at Work in an Itmann Coal Company Mine

Miner drilling holes for explosives at Jamison No. 9.

10. Drilling Prior to 'Setting' Explosives at Jamison No. 9

Two miners work with a cutting machine at Pursglove No. 15.

11. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Pursglove No. 15

Miners drill two or more holes into coal to place the explosive charges.

12. Drilling Prior to Setting Explosives

Miner drilling a hole for explosives at the Bishop Mine, Pocahontas Fuel Co.

13. Drilling Prior to Placing Explosives at Bishop Mine, Pocahontas Fuel Company

Two dogs harnessed to coal carts. About 1890, Ohio Coal Mine. This photograph is the property of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.

14. Dogs in Harness, Ohio Coal Mine

'Shuttle Cars: Here are pictured loaded and empty shuttle cars sometimes called buggies. Note the noveyor on the bottom of the empty car for unloading the coal at a central loading station, into the mine cars. This equipment is propelled by huge batteries or electric cable and of course requires no track. Track-mounted mechanical loaders load directly into the mine car.'

15. Miners Operating Shuttle Cars

Miner with drilling machine at Jamison No. 9.

16. Drilling Machine at Jamison No. 9

An 11BU loading machine and a Joy Shuttle car at Jamison No. 9.  Stonega Coke and Coal.

17. Loading Machine and Shuttle Car at Jamison No. 9

Two miners dust the rocks at Consol Mine No. 207 for safety.

18. Rock Dusting at Consol. Mine No. 207

Miner running a continuous mining machine.

19. Continuous Mining Machine

A Joy 10 RU preparing to cut US Royal Cable at Jamison No. 9.  Stonega Coke and Coal.

20. Joy 10 RU Preparing to Cut US Royal Cable at Jamison No. 9

Miner using a 11 BU loading machine at Jamison No. 9. Stonega Coke and Coal.

21. Miner Operating a Loading Machine at Jamison No. 9

Jeffrey 290 cutting trench for 2200 volt line at Jamison No. 9.  Stonega Coke and Coal.

22. Jeffrey 290 cutting trench for 2200 volt line at Jamison No. 9

Miners ride in a locomotive at Jamison No. 9.

23. Jamison No. 9 Mine Locomotive

Miner works at the control panel at Jamison No. 9.

24. Control Panel at Jamison No. 9

Two miners work with a Joy roof bolt drill at Jamison No. 9.

25. Joy Roof Bolt Drill at Jamison No. 9

Two miners drill before placing charges.

26. Drilling Prior to Setting Explosives

Miner setting charges at Jamison No. 9.

27. Setting Explosives at Jamison No. 9

Miner at control board at Jamison No. 9.

28. Control Board at Jamison No. 9

Miner unloading coal into car while it is being sprayed to retard dust.

29. Wetting Coal to Retard Coal Dust

Miner waiting for shuttle car to be loaded.

30. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

Miner speaking in microphone at control board at Jamison No. 9.

31. Control Board at Jamison No. 9

A modern coal cutting machine in operation at Bishop Mine.

32. Modern Coal Cutting Machine in Operation at Bishop Mine

Miner works with cutting machine at Jamison No. 9 mine.

33. Cutting Machine at Jamison No. 9

Two miners standing next to drilling machine.

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

Miner works at unloading a shuttle car into an elevator.

35. Shuttle Car Unloading into an Elevator

Miners use large drill to place charges in holes deep in the coal. 'William Vandivert, Not to be reproduced without written liscense.'

36. Drilling Prior to Placing the Charge

Miner using machine to cut coal.

37. Cutting Coal

Miner using a very small cutting machine.

38. Small Cutting Machine

Miner works with coke ovens while a loading machine fills railroad cars.

39. Miners Working at Coke Ovens

Two miners dust the side walls of Mine No. 207 for safety.

40. Rock Dusting for Safety at Consol Mine No. 207

A miner watches as coal is loaded into mine cars from a shuttle car.

41. Shuttle Car Discharges its Load into Mine Cars

Miner operating the Railroad car loading control panel.

42. Railroad Car Loading Control Panel

Miners at work. 'Mountaineer Coal Co., Division of Consolidation Coal Co.'

43. Miners Working with Loading Machine

Miners stand next to a large locomotive at Jamison No. 9.

44. Jamison No. 9 Mine Locomotive

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

45. Cutting Machine in Operation at Mine No. 32

Two miners put bolts in to the mine rood at Jamison No. 9.

46. Miners Roof Bolt Drilling in Jamison No. 9 Mine

Two miners work on putting in roof bolts in the Pittsburgh Seam. Timber jack used to hold the roof while bolting.

47. Miners Roof Bolting

Two miners at Pursglove No. 15 cut coal preparatory to shooting it down for loading.

48. Cutting Coal at Pursglove No. 15