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1. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

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

2. Miners Placing Charges

Two men operating a loading machine.

3. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

Miners leaving roofed man trip car at shifts end.

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

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.'

5. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, Owings, W. Va.

6. Miners Loading Coal Into a Hand Loaded Loading Machine

Two men working on the loading machine.

7. Coal Loading Machine in Operation at Jamison Mine No. 9

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

8. Miner Roof Bolting at Jamison No. 9 Mine

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

9. Miner Roof Bolting

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

10. Miners Stand by Steel Mine Railway Cars

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.

11. Employees of the Loveridge Mine

12. Miner Walking on Tracks Between Coal Cars

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

13. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

14. Joy Manufacturing Company Continuous Mining Machine

A miner moves a fully loaded shuttle car down the mine shaft.

15. Loaded Coal Shuttle Car

Two miners digging coal in mine.

16. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Two men working with a rubber tire mounted cutting machine.

17. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Close-up view of roof drill in action. Man in background is tightening bolt with air powered wrench at Consol. No. 204, Jenkins, Ky.

18. Miners Roof Bolting at Consol No. 204, Jenkins, Ky.

Two men cutting coal in the parting.

19. Cutting Coal with Cavalier

A coal cutter with nine foot cutting blade at work in Consol. Coal Co. Mine No. 32, Owings, W. Va.

20. Cutting Machine in Operation at Mine No. 32

Two miners operate a track mounted coal cutting machine.

21. Track Mounted Cutting Machine

Two miners take samples of coal.

22. Miners Taking Samples of Coal

Man walking on a train track beside two other tracks with coal cars on them.

23. Miner Walking Along Tracks Next to Coal Carts

A miner empties his shuttle car.

24. Shuttle Car Discharging Coal