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1. Coal Miners at Price Hill, W. Va.

Coal train going past houses.

2. Oswald Coal on the Move

Miner sitting in between posts that hold the roof of the mine up. 'Safety First is stressed in every possible way at White Oak mines.  Note the posts to protect this man at his labor.  He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his working place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night, ready for him to work tomorrow.'

3. Safety Posts

Safety float of the New River Coal and Coke Co. on the Fourth of July. Floats with safety themes highlighted many parades in Fayette and Raleigh Counties.

4. New River Coal Company Safety Float at Mt. Hope, W. Va.

5. C. R. Boss Heermans

6. W.E. Bill Tissue

7. W.E. Bill Tissue

Distant view of Oak Hill, W. Va.

8. Town of Oak Hill, W. Va.

Wooden house on a hill.

9. Dunn Loop Miners' Housing

Whipple Tipple loading coal cars.

10. Tipple at Whipple, W. Va.

Town of Scarbro in the fifties. You can see the town store, church, and the Wykle house.

11. Town of Scarbro, W. Va.

Yard of N.N. Foster at Prudence which won first prize in the Sweepstakes Contest.

12. Prize Winning Yard of N. N. Foster, Prudence

Houses around a railroad in a mining town. Mabscott and Wickham workers were close neighbors.

13. Mabscott and Wickham, W. Va., Mining Towns

Some miners houses at Prudence, W. Va.

14. Prudence, W. Va.

Summerlee tipple and surrounding buildings.

15. Coal Tipple at Summerlee, W. Va.

Cranberry Mine tipple and surrounding buildings.

16. Cranberry Tipple

View of houses in the town of Sprague, W. Va.  'Shows influence of yard and garden contests.'

17. Miners' Houses in Sprague, W. Va.

Beckley Fire Creek Coal Company.

18. Miner's Homes Along a Tree Lined Road in Penman, W. Va.

Tipple of the Raine Lumber and Coal Co. in Duo, W.Va.

19. Raine Lumber and Coal Company Tipple at Duo, W. Va.

The Lochgelly Church was dedicated on July 12th, 1931.

20. Lochgelly Church, Lochgelly, W. Va.

Children playing at the Cranberry playground, with a view of the town in the background.

21. Cranberry Playground and Store, Price Hill, W. Va.

Group of people with instruments. 'Many NRC towns had own orchestras.'

22. New River Coal Company Employee Orchestra

Group portrait of the New River Coal Company band in uniform standing on steps.

23. New River Coal Company Band

Coal tipple of Eureka C&C.  Large chute connected to tipple.

24. Coal Tipple of Eureka Coal and Coke Company

Early Stanaford Wooden Tipple- later acquired from Eastern Gas and Fuel.

25. Stanaford Wooden Tipple

Snow covered coal tipple station. Possibly at Summerlee?

26. Coal Tipple

Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.

27. Safety Day Is Important

Cars line the hillside above the stadium where Safety Day exercises are held.

28. Safety Day Is Important

The headquarters of the White Oak Coal Co. are located at MacDonald, Fayette County, W. Va. The maintaining of the General Offices near the mines affords opportunity for closer supervision and better co-operation between all departments. The machine and repair shops and warehouse for merchandise and mine supplies is located immediately adjacent to the office. A private branch telephone exchange with private leased lines reach each mine, giving 24 hour service. A printer telegraph instrument furnishes prompt telegraph service. Mail is received and forwarded at either Macdonald or Mount Hope post offices.<br />

29. Office of the New River Company, White Oak Coal Company

People gathered in a hall for Safety Day of the Boone County Coal Company.

30. Safety Day of the Boone County Coal Company, Boone County, W. Va.

View from top of mountain down conveyor line to the tipple.

31. Tipple and Conveyor

Tipple and Conveyor at C.C.B. Smokeless Coal Co., Helen, W. Va.

32. Tipple of C. C. B. Smokeless Coal Company No. 3 Mine at Helen, W. Va.

Oakwood Mine Tipple and surrounding buildings.

33. Oakwood Mine Tipple

Miner operating a loading machine outside of a mine.

34. Loading Machine at MacAlpin Coal Company

Established by C.H. Sprague and Son Co., Tidewater Agents of the New River Company.

35. Office at Newport News, Va.

36. Tipple at Imperial, W. Va.

Tipple and conveyor at Chafin Jones Mine.

37. Chafin Jones Mine Tipple

The usual number of shoppers cars in front of Whipple Store.

38. Cars Parked in front of the Whipple Store

Warehouse with cars parked outside.

39. Central Merchandise and Mine Warehouse

Coal Tipple with four coal cars underneath it.

40. Coal Tipple at Rock Lick, W. Va.

41. Pond Creek Colliery

Coal carts outside of the Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Kanawha Manufacturing Co., Charleston, W. Va.

42. Loaded Gauley Mountain Coal Company Coal Carts on Tracks along a Hillside

Coal tipple at Red Parrot.  Large chute coming from the coal mine. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad car being filled.

43. Coal Tipple at Red Parrot

44. MacBeth Coal Company Tipple, Logan County, W. Va.

Train cars filled with coal from the Carbon Fuel Co. No. 5.

45. Loaded Coal Carts, Carbon Fuel Company, Mine No. 5

Buildings outside of a coal mine. There are small houses in the background.

46. Coal Mine Facilities

Coal car under a tipple.  Men with horse drawn carriage also going under the tipple.

47. Coal Tipple

Rows of Coke ovens with train in the middle of them.

48. Coke Ovens at MacDonald