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

1. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

Miner running a continuous mining machine.

2. Continuous Mining Machine

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

3. Drilling Prior to Setting Explosives

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

4. Dogs in Harness, Ohio Coal Mine

5. Miners Eating in the Cafeteria

Front Row 'Left to Right'; N.T. Berry, North Western-Hanna, R.C. Larsen,North Western-Hanna, J.J. Larsen, North Western-Hanna. Back Row 'Left to Right'; Robert O'Conner, North Western-Hanna, J.E. Fier, North Western-Hanna, G.M. Allis, North Western-Hanna, M.L. Zhan, North Western-Hanna, Alfred Christopherson, North Western-Hanna, Harry Turner, Superintendent, Loveridge Mine.

6. Employees of the Loveridge Mine

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

7. Miners Working with Loading Machine

Two men with equipment putting up bolts to support the mine roof.

8. Miner Roof Bolting

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

9. Miners Stand by Steel Mine Railway Cars

10. Miner Testing for Gas in Jamison No. 9 Mine

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

11. Cutting Machine at Jamison No. 9

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

12. Miner Roof Bolting at Jamison No. 9 Mine

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

13. Placing Charges, Bishop Mine

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

14. Miners Operating 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

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.

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

Two men placing charges in an already drilled hole. Notice the preparatory cut on upper right hand side.

18. Miners Placing Charges

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.'

19. Cutting Machine in Operation

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

20. Cutting Machine in Operation at Mine No. 32

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.

21. Mining Coal

Two men operating a loading machine.

22. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

Two miners standing next to drilling machine.

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

Miner putting bolts into the roof of a mine for support.

24. Miner Roof Bolting