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Rescue box with lid open to see contents inside.

1. Miner's Rescue Box

Loaded coal cars outside preparation plant.

2. Coal Cars Outside of Preparation Plant

Loaded coal cars sit on the track in Tucker County.

3. Loaded Western Maryland Coal Cars, Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

4. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch near parking area.

5. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

6. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

7. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures.

8. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures on a practice victim.

9. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

10. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

Crowds watch groups of men rehearsing mine safety procedures.

11. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

12. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 19659 Loaded with Coal

Wrecked tracks and run down buildings at the Davis Coal and Coke Co.

13. Railroad Tracks and Run Down Buildings of the Davis Coal and Coke Company, Thomas, W. Va.

14. Coal Cars at Thomas, W. Va.

15. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

Western Maryland Coal Car No. 50519 with other cars in background.

16. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

17. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

18. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 19659 Loaded with Coal

19. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

Western Maryland Coal Car No. 15951 with other cars in background. Taken at Thomas, W. Va.

20. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 15951 Loaded with Coal

21. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

Filled coal cars at Thomas, W. Va.

22. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

23. Coal Cars Loaded with Coal

24. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

25. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

A man walking along top of coal cars.

26. Railroad Worker Walks Along Tops of Filled Western Maryland Coal Cars

Filled train cars of the Western Maryland Train Co.

27. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

28. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 20165 Filled with Coal

Safety First Sign on metal framing at coal mine facilities in Thomas, W. Va.

29. Safety First Consideration Sign at Thomas, W. Va.

Coal cars on tracks in the winter time.

30. Winter Scene, Thomas, W. Va.

Train car with bags of coal headed to Salaverry, Peru. Sent by the Davis Coal and Coke Co.

31. Davis Coal and Coke Export Car Filled with Bags of Davis Smithing Coal

32. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 20049 Filled with Coal

Railcar loaded with the dynamite and cap box.

33. Dynamite and Cap Car

Coal cars with a barn and houses in the background.

34. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

35. Mine Rescue Box

Piece of machinery sitting outside on a white sheet.

36. Mining Equipment at Thomas, W. Va.

37. Loading Coal into Western Maryland Coal Car No. 17998 at Thomas, W. Va.

Two miners pose for a picture beside railroad tracks.

38. Miners by the Railroad Tracks at an Unknown Location

39. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

Railcar for hauling dynamite and blasting caps.

40. Dynamite and Cap Car

41. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 15951 Loaded with Coal

Coal tinder box on its side.

42. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

43. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 20049 Filled with Coal

Machinery outside sitting on a white sheet.

44. Mining Equipment at Thomas, W. Va.

Scenic view of a community visible from the last Western Maryland coal car traveling past it.

45. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

Railcars for hauling dynamite and blasting caps.

46. Dynamite and Cap Car

47. Mining Apparatus at Thomas, W. Va.

Miners ride out of the mine in Boswell safety cars.

48. Boswell Safety Car, Thomas, W. Va.

Pile of coal at the end of a conveyor.

49. Coal Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

View of three coal cars. First coal car has 'No BRAKE' written on it.

50. Coal Train Filled with Coal

Snow covered mountains in the distance.

51. Snow Covered Mountains

The bottom of a dynamite and cap box.

52. Dynamite Box

Picture of a mine Rescue Box tilted forward with its lid open so you can see inside. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

53. Mine Rescue Box

54. Inspecting Western Maryland Coal Cars

Filled Coal car with houses in background.

55. Loaded Western Maryland Coal Car

Tracks running through deforested area.

56. Railroad Tracks in Cut Forest

Car No. 50519 and 16311 with others around them.

57. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

58. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 19659 Loaded with Coal

59. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

60. Hill Side with Houses in Tucker County, W. Va.

Front of a dynamite and cap box on its side with one lid open and one partially closed.

61. Dynamite Box

Miners examine coal on conveyor belt.

62. Screening Coal, Thomas, W. Va.

Picture of a coal tinder box on its side. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

63. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

64. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 20165 Filled with Coal

Picture of the slots inside a dynamite box used to hold the sticks of dynamite. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

65. Dynamite Box

Open lid, possibly to a dynamite box.

66. Dynamite Box Lid

Open coal tinder box. Taken at Thomas, W. Va.

67. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

68. Loading Coal into Western Maryland Coal Car No. 17998 at Thomas, W. Va.

A miner working with machinery on the exterior of a mine.

69. Miner Working with Machinery Outside of Mine

'Loading [sic] from heading to face conveying on 9% grade to boom, coal wet; distance to face 174 feet; flight type boom; Note:  up until the time of taking pictures A-1-A-2-3&4 no jacks were set to support conveyor or drive.'

70. Coal on Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

Western Maryland coal car with man on board.

71. Western Maryland Coal Car Awaiting Transportation

Western Maryland Coal Car No. 15951 being loaded with coal from the tipple at Thomas, W. Va.

72. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

Loaded coal cars.  First car has 'No BRAKE' written on it.

73. Loaded Coal Cars

74. Coal on a Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

75. Junction of Train Tracks at Thomas, W. Va.

Filled coal car with houses visible in the background.

76. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 19120 Loaded with Coal

An emergency stretcher of the Davis Coal and Coke Company at Thomas, W. Va.

77. Emergency Stretcher Outfit

78. Work Crew Above the Railroad Tracks in Tucker County, W. Va.

79. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 19659 Loaded with Coal

There is a man adjusting a crank on the coal car.

80. Rail Worker Turns a Crank on Western Maryland Coal Car No. 19120

81. Miners Moving a Dynamite Box

Picture of a mine Rescue Box tilted up with the lid open to see inside. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

82. Mine Rescue Box

Rescue box with lid open to see inside contents.

83. Miner's Rescue Box

Dynamite and cap box with lid shut.

84. Dynamite Box

85. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 15951 loaded with Coal

86. Western Maryland Coal Cars Filled with Coal

87. Coal Cars Being Loaded

88. Hill Side with Houses in Tucker County, W. Va.

B&O coal train with a full load of coal.

89. Loaded Baltimore and Ohio Coal Train

Coal train traveling in the winter at Thomas, W. Va.

90. Coal Train in Winter at Thomas, W. Va.

Pipeline cross section.

91. Pipeline

Mr. McDowell, first from left, and the Miners Rescue team at Thomas, W. Va.

92. Mine Rescue Team at Thomas, W. Va.

Open dynamite box showing the slots for the dynamite.

93. Dynamite Box

Coal tinder box with can of coal inside at Thomas, W. Va.

94. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

Coal tinder box with can of coal beside it. Taken at Thomas, W. Va.

95. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

'View from point at which scraper was working; looking through conveyor to heading a distance of 300 ft.'

96. Conveyor Filled with Coal at Thomas, W. Va.