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A processing plant sits below miner's homes and open countryside.

49. Preparation Plant

Coal cars line up at Consolidation Coal Co. (W. Va.), mine no. 25 tipple.

50. Coal Tipple, Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 25, W. Va.

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

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

Coal cars run down the track in a preparation plant yard.

52. Coal Preparation Plant Yard

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

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

Coal cars line up in the yard at mine 32.

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

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

55. Itmann Preparation Plant, Pocahontas Fuel Company

This crane is ripping the mountainside away for coal.

56. Massive Coal Shovel at Work

57. Coal Shovel and other Surface Mining Equipment at Work

58. Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting

59. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

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

Coal conveyor systems run throughout the hillside.

61. 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.'

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

A man stands beside large piles of coal.

63. Various Grades of Coal Awaiting Transport

A miner operates an electric shuttle car in the mine.

64. Miner Operating an Electric Shuttle Car

Group portrait of men standing in the bucket of a large shovel.

65. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Mountaineer Shovel

A pile of coal in a coal car.

66. Peacock Splint, Pittsburgh Coal

67. Coal Cargo Ship at Sea, Hampton Roads

Coal miner's shower room.

68. Miner's Showers, Hanna Coal Company

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

69. Loaded Coal Shuttle Car

Several men digging on top of a mound.

70. Excavating an Indian Mound on Ireland Coal Company Land

Men digging into the mound.

71. Ireland Mine Cresap Area Excavation of Gatt's Adena Indian Mound

A miner empties his shuttle car.

72. Shuttle Car Discharging Coal

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

73. Miners Stand by Steel Mine Railway Cars

Two miners operate a track mounted coal cutting machine.

74. Track Mounted Cutting Machine

A gear driven cutting machine stands on the track.

75. Very Old Track Mounted Cutting Machine

Two miners operate the breast type coal cutting machine.

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

Miners leaving roofed man trip car at shifts end.

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

Two men operating a loading machine.

78. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

Men work with core drilling equipment on a hillside.

79. Core Drilling

80. Joy Manufacturing Company Continuous Mining Machine

A New York Central System train moves along the track hauling many cars of coal.

81. Bituminous Coal From Western Pennsylvania Enroute to Market

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

82. Miner Cutting Coal in Consol Mine in Kentucky

83. Block of Coal

Two men cutting coal in the parting.

84. Cutting Coal with Cavalier

85. Cutting Coal Preparatory to Shooting It Down for Loading

A miner operating a coal cutting machine.

86. Coal Miner at Work

Miner on a small, track mounted, cutting machine.

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

Miners at work with loading machine and shuttle car.

88. Miner Operating a Loading Machine

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

89. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

Group portrait of children standing in front of the large shovel 'The Mountaineer'.

90. Youngsters in front of the Mountaineer Shovel

Five men standing in the Mountaineer Scoop.

91. Tour of Hanna Coal Company Mine Site, Cadiz, Ohio

92. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Mountaineer Shovel

A man and woman standing next to a crawler track.

93. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Mountaineer Shovel

94. Visitors and Workers Standing in the Shovel of the Tiger

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

95. Miner Roof Bolting at Jamison No. 9 Mine

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.'

96. Miners Seated on Bench in an Underground Mine.