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A gear driven cutting machine stands on the track.

13. Very Old Track Mounted Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002196
Title:
Very Old Track Mounted Cutting Machine
Description:
A gear driven cutting machine stands on the track.
Two miners operate a track mounted coal cutting machine.

14. Track Mounted Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002195
Title:
Track Mounted Cutting Machine
Description:
Two miners operate a track mounted coal cutting machine.
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.'

15. 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.'
Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

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

IDNO:
002179
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine in Pursglove No. 15 Mine
Description:
Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

17. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002178
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

18. Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting

IDNO:
002177
Title:
Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting