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7. Ireland Mine Portal Area Supply Yard

IDNO:
002119
Title:
Ireland Mine Portal Area Supply Yard
Date:
1958/06/01
Two men with equipment putting up bolts to support the mine roof.

8. Miner Roof Bolting

IDNO:
002112
Title:
Miner Roof Bolting
Date:
1957/04/18
Description:
Two men with equipment putting up bolts to support the mine roof.
Two men stand beside rail cars. A cart a motor sits in front of them.

9. Miners Stand by Steel Mine Railway Cars

IDNO:
002194
Title:
Miners Stand by Steel Mine Railway Cars
Date:
1957/04/18
Description:
Two men stand beside rail cars. A cart a motor sits in front of them.
The very large Itmann preparation plant. A Consolidation Coal Company mine in 1979.

10. Itmann Preparation Plant, Pocahontas Fuel Company

IDNO:
002174
Title:
Itmann Preparation Plant, Pocahontas Fuel Company
Date:
1956/11
Description:
The very large Itmann preparation plant. A Consolidation Coal Company mine in 1979.
Two men running a roof bolter in Jamison No. 9 mine.

11. Miner Roof Bolting at Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002220
Title:
Miner Roof Bolting at Jamison No. 9 Mine
Date:
1954/10/05
Description:
Two men running a roof bolter in 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.'

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

IDNO:
002181
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, Owings, W. Va.
Date:
1950/10
Description:
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.'