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Miner in the process of placing charges into the coal seam at Bishop Mine.

13. Placing Charges, Bishop Mine

IDNO:
002968
Title:
Placing Charges, Bishop Mine
Date:
1954/09/20
Description:
Miner in the process of placing charges into the coal seam at Bishop Mine.
Two miners work with a cutting machine at Pursglove No. 15.

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

IDNO:
003062
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Pursglove No. 15
Date:
1954/01/13
Description:
Two miners work with a cutting machine at Pursglove No. 15.
Two miners working to support the roof in the Itmann Coal Co. mine. <br /><br />

15. Miners at Work in an Itmann Coal Company Mine

IDNO:
003065
Title:
Miners at Work in an Itmann Coal Company Mine
Date:
1953/07
Description:
Two miners working to support the roof in the Itmann Coal Co. 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.'

16. 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.'
Miners leaving roofed man trip car at shifts end.

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

IDNO:
002198
Title:
Miners Leaving Roofed Man-Trip Car At Shift's End, Consolidation Coal Company, Mine No. 32
Date:
1948/08
Description:
Miners leaving roofed man trip car at shifts end.
Two men placing charges in an already drilled hole. Notice the preparatory cut on upper right hand side.

18. Miners Placing Charges

IDNO:
002147
Title:
Miners Placing Charges
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Two men placing charges in an already drilled hole. Notice the preparatory cut on upper right hand side.