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Arkwright Mine buildings visited during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.

1. Arkwright Mine

2. Consolidation Coal Company Mine, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company

Coal building with a few houses next to it.

3. Consolidation Coal Company Mine, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company

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

4. Miners Working with Loading Machine

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company mine.<br />

5. Miner Operating a Joy Cutting Machine

'Eckhart mine located between Cumberland and Frostburg, Maryland. This was the first railroad shipping mine in America. it was opened in 1842 when the B&amp;O railroad reached Cumberland, Maryland's George's Creek Coal field. This mine and James Otis Watson's mine opened at Fairmont, Virginia in 1852 were the nucleuses of the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. This was the first mine in America to be located on a railway.'

6. Eckhart Mine Between Cumberland and Frostburg, Md.

Tipple with filled coal cars lined up below.

7. Consolidation Coal Company Tipple

An older tipple at Consol. Coal Co. mines 210, 211, 212.

8. Consolidation Coal Company Tipple Built Prior to the Use of Metal Siding