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1. Mining Equipment at Fairmont Machinery Company

IDNO:
002748
Title:
Mining Equipment at Fairmont Machinery Company
Date:
1918

2. Mat Conveyor Built in the Shop at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002736
Title:
Mat Conveyor Built in the Shop at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
1927

3. Jeffrey Loading Machine Emptying Coal into a New 11-Ton Steel Mine Car at Mine No. 32

IDNO:
002715
Title:
Jeffrey Loading Machine Emptying Coal into a New 11-Ton Steel Mine Car at Mine No. 32
Date:
1946/01/19

4. Interior of Mathies Underground Machine Shop

IDNO:
002756
Title:
Interior of Mathies Underground Machine Shop
Date:
1954

5. Mechanic Working in the Mathies Underground Machine Shop

IDNO:
002755
Title:
Mechanic Working in the Mathies Underground Machine Shop
Date:
1954
The heating system is used for lamphouse, bathhouse, shop and warehouse.

6. Ireland Mine Shamrock Portal Automatic Coal-Fired Heating System

IDNO:
002709
Title:
Ireland Mine Shamrock Portal Automatic Coal-Fired Heating System
Date:
1958/06/10
Description:
The heating system is used for lamphouse, bathhouse, shop and warehouse.
Consol. Coal Co. display at Hornes Dept. Store.

7. Consol Display at Horne's Department Store, Pittsburgh, Pa.

IDNO:
002754
Title:
Consol Display at Horne's Department Store, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Date:
1959
Description:
Consol. Coal Co. display at Hornes Dept. Store.
Mountaineer Coal Company, Division of Consolidation Coal Company.

8. Continuous Mining Machine (Middle) and Loading Machine (Bottom)

IDNO:
002701
Title:
Continuous Mining Machine (Middle) and Loading Machine (Bottom)
Date:
1959/04/07
Description:
Mountaineer Coal Company, Division of Consolidation Coal Company.
This mock-up shows the new blade design being tested by the Bureau of Mines. The base of the blade is thicker and there is a strip of titanium carbide at the point of previous severe erosion. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.During LDC's final 1,100-hour run, this rotor blade (arrow) was undercut by ash flowing along the rotor past the tips of the stator blades. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.

9. New Rotor Blade Design

IDNO:
002693
Title:
New Rotor Blade Design
Date:
1960-1970
Description:
This mock-up shows the new blade design being tested by the Bureau of Mines. The base of the blade is thicker and there is a strip of titanium carbide at the point of previous severe erosion. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.During LDC's final 1,100-hour run, this rotor blade (arrow) was undercut by ash flowing along the rotor past the tips of the stator blades. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.
This mock-up shows the new blade design being tested by the Bureau of Mines. The base of the blade is thicker and there is a strip of titanium carbide at the point of previous severe erosion. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.During LDC's final 1,100-hour run, this rotor blade (arrow) was undercut by ash flowing along the rotor past the tips of the stator blades. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.

10. New Rotor Blade Design

IDNO:
002692
Title:
New Rotor Blade Design
Date:
1960-1970
Description:
This mock-up shows the new blade design being tested by the Bureau of Mines. The base of the blade is thicker and there is a strip of titanium carbide at the point of previous severe erosion. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.During LDC's final 1,100-hour run, this rotor blade (arrow) was undercut by ash flowing along the rotor past the tips of the stator blades. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.

11. Summerlee Hoisting Room, C. B. Lee, Engineer, at the Controller

IDNO:
002694
Title:
Summerlee Hoisting Room, C. B. Lee, Engineer, at the Controller
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Mechanic working on what appears to be a turbine.

12. Mechanic Working on Mining Machinery

IDNO:
002751
Title:
Mechanic Working on Mining Machinery
Date:
ca. 1960-1970
Description:
Mechanic working on what appears to be a turbine.
'A small portion of the hot ash-laden gas stream entering the turbine is continuously removed by this ash-sampling unit. Data from the operation of this unit is analyzed to determine the concentration, size, and composition of the ash in the hot gases entering the turbine.'

13. Sampling Hot Ash-Laden Gas

IDNO:
002686
Title:
Sampling Hot Ash-Laden Gas
Date:
ca. 1960-1970
Description:
'A small portion of the hot ash-laden gas stream entering the turbine is continuously removed by this ash-sampling unit. Data from the operation of this unit is analyzed to determine the concentration, size, and composition of the ash in the hot gases entering the turbine.'
Coal crushed to 3/16-inch by 0 is pumped to a pulverizer that grinds it to 90-per cent hrough 200-mesh. The product is mixed with air and burned in the combustors. Hot high-speed gas from the ash separators drives the turbine, air compressor, and electric generators. Exhaust from the turbine passes through a regenerator that preheats compressed air to the combustors. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.

14. Schematic Diagram of Coal-Fired Gas Turbine

IDNO:
002690
Title:
Schematic Diagram of Coal-Fired Gas Turbine
Date:
ca. 1960-1970
Description:
Coal crushed to 3/16-inch by 0 is pumped to a pulverizer that grinds it to 90-per cent hrough 200-mesh. The product is mixed with air and burned in the combustors. Hot high-speed gas from the ash separators drives the turbine, air compressor, and electric generators. Exhaust from the turbine passes through a regenerator that preheats compressed air to the combustors. If used, please credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Modified longwall mining with a German coal planer. Progress report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va; If this photograph is used for publication, please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of Interior.

15. Wood Crib Constructed with Crib Releases

IDNO:
002750
Title:
Wood Crib Constructed with Crib Releases
Date:
undated
Description:
Modified longwall mining with a German coal planer. Progress report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va; If this photograph is used for publication, please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of Interior.
Piece of machinery sitting outside on a white sheet.

16. Mining Equipment at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002763
Title:
Mining Equipment at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Piece of machinery sitting outside on a white sheet.
Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall bear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.

17. Fully Loaded Coal Train Two Miles Underground

IDNO:
002746
Title:
Fully Loaded Coal Train Two Miles Underground
Description:
Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall bear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.

18. Room with Mining Machinery and Equipment, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002732
Title:
Room with Mining Machinery and Equipment, Thomas, W. Va.
View of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine operation in Thomas, W. Va.

19. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002735
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
View of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine operation in Thomas, W. Va.
Close view of a conveyor and engine.

20. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002733
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Close view of a conveyor and engine.
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

21. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

IDNO:
002711
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded
Description:
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

22. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002730
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

23. Drill Press,Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002724
Title:
Drill Press,Thomas, W. Va.
Machinery outside sitting on a white sheet.

24. Mining Equipment at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002764
Title:
Mining Equipment at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Machinery outside sitting on a white sheet.
'Coal at all White Oak shafts mines is handled on self dumping cages, which handle the coal uniformly and with a minimum of breakage. Note how evenly the coal is flowing from the mine car. Much more rapid of course than the picture indicates, but it shows how well designed the equipment must be to handle the coal in such splendid manner.'

25. Self Dumping Cages

IDNO:
002708
Title:
Self Dumping Cages
Description:
'Coal at all White Oak shafts mines is handled on self dumping cages, which handle the coal uniformly and with a minimum of breakage. Note how evenly the coal is flowing from the mine car. Much more rapid of course than the picture indicates, but it shows how well designed the equipment must be to handle the coal in such splendid manner.'
'All ready-Hoist! This is an end view of one of our new steel mine cars on a cage at one of the White Oak Shaft mines, and the signal has just been given to hoist it to the surface--450 feet up! These electric equipped hoists can hoist a car every twenty seconds and dump it! The cars are placed on the cages automatically by creeper chains and car stops. One man operates the signals and car stops and chains.'

26. Steel Mine Car at One of the White Oak Shaft Mines

IDNO:
002706
Title:
Steel Mine Car at One of the White Oak Shaft Mines
Description:
'All ready-Hoist! This is an end view of one of our new steel mine cars on a cage at one of the White Oak Shaft mines, and the signal has just been given to hoist it to the surface--450 feet up! These electric equipped hoists can hoist a car every twenty seconds and dump it! The cars are placed on the cages automatically by creeper chains and car stops. One man operates the signals and car stops and chains.'

27. Mining Apparatus at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002758
Title:
Mining Apparatus at Thomas, W. Va.

28. Mining Equipment (hammer) at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002725
Title:
Mining Equipment (hammer) at Thomas, W. Va.
Pile of coal at the end of a conveyor.

29. Coal Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002761
Title:
Coal Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Pile of coal at the end of a conveyor.
Technician views equipment in a mine lab.

30. Coal Mine Lab

IDNO:
002712
Title:
Coal Mine Lab
Description:
Technician views equipment in a mine lab.
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

31. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

IDNO:
002717
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded
Description:
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

32. Hoisting Engine at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002728
Title:
Hoisting Engine at Thomas, W. Va.

33. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002743
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
1-Mining machine, electrically operated, 2. Electric locomotive and coal car train leaving mine, 3. Shaker screen for sorting coal according to size, 4. Coal powerhouse and tipple.

34. Coal Mining, Modern Methods of Production

IDNO:
002704
Title:
Coal Mining, Modern Methods of Production
Description:
1-Mining machine, electrically operated, 2. Electric locomotive and coal car train leaving mine, 3. Shaker screen for sorting coal according to size, 4. Coal powerhouse and tipple.
Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer. Progress Report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va; Please give credit to Bureau of Mines, United States, Department of Interior.

35. Longwall Face Showing Armored Conveyor, Planer, and Roof Supports

IDNO:
002747
Title:
Longwall Face Showing Armored Conveyor, Planer, and Roof Supports
Description:
Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer. Progress Report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va; Please give credit to Bureau of Mines, United States, Department of Interior.

36. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002729
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

37. Loading Coal in an Unidentified MIne

IDNO:
002716
Title:
Loading Coal in an Unidentified MIne
Two miners use equipment to secure the roof at the Pursglove No. 15 mine.

38. Miners Roof Bolting in Pursglove No. 15 Coal Mine

IDNO:
002718
Title:
Miners Roof Bolting in Pursglove No. 15 Coal Mine
Description:
Two miners use equipment to secure the roof at the Pursglove No. 15 mine.
Miner operates a shuttle car that is loaded with coal.

39. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

IDNO:
002697
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded
Description:
Miner operates a shuttle car that is loaded with coal.
Cutting equipment on a table.

40. Stack Saw at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002723
Title:
Stack Saw at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Cutting equipment on a table.

41. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 3

IDNO:
002759
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 3
Man working in the Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, built in 1915-1916.

42. Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, Built 1915-1916

IDNO:
002766
Title:
Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, Built 1915-1916
Description:
Man working in the Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, built in 1915-1916.
Close view of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine operation in Thomas, W. Va.

43. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002739
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Close view of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine operation in Thomas, W. Va.

44. Cutting Coal by Machine

IDNO:
002695
Title:
Cutting Coal by Machine
'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.'

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

IDNO:
002762
Title:
Coal on Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
'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.'

46. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002727
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

47. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002738
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

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

IDNO:
002760
Title:
Coal on a Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

49. Coal Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002696
Title:
Coal Cutting Machine

50. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002737
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Coal cutting machine digs into the coal seam.

51. Coal Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002713
Title:
Coal Cutting Machine
Description:
Coal cutting machine digs into the coal seam.

52. Shuttle Car Approaches Mine Railway Track.

IDNO:
002703
Title:
Shuttle Car Approaches Mine Railway Track.
View of a row of boilers and equipment in an underground mine.

53. Boilers in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
002710
Title:
Boilers in a Coal Mine
Description:
View of a row of boilers and equipment in an underground mine.
Minre watches as coal pours into the shuttle car.

54. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

IDNO:
002699
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded
Description:
Minre watches as coal pours into the shuttle car.

55. Interior of a Coal Mine at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002749
Title:
Interior of a Coal Mine at Thomas, W. Va.
View of a conveyor in a machine shop at a coal mine in Thomas, W. Va.

56. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002741
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
View of a conveyor in a machine shop at a coal mine in Thomas, W. Va.
Continuous miner in action.

57. Lee Norse CM28E Continuous Miner

IDNO:
002753
Title:
Lee Norse CM28E Continuous Miner
Description:
Continuous miner in action.
Shuttle car in an underground mine, loaded with coal.

58. Loaded Shuttle Car

IDNO:
002719
Title:
Loaded Shuttle Car
Description:
Shuttle car in an underground mine, loaded with coal.
Close view of an electric motor at a coal mine site in Thomas, W. Va.

59. Electric Motor, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002734
Title:
Electric Motor, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Close view of an electric motor at a coal mine site in Thomas, W. Va.

60. Oxen Pulling Coal Cart in an Underground Mine

IDNO:
002757
Title:
Oxen Pulling Coal Cart in an Underground Mine
View of the mechanics of a stove coal washer.

61. Stove Coal Washer, Price Hill Colliery Company

IDNO:
002707
Title:
Stove Coal Washer, Price Hill Colliery Company
Description:
View of the mechanics of a stove coal washer.
Close view of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine machine shop in Thomas, W. Va.

62. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002740
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Close view of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine machine shop in Thomas, W. Va.
'View from point at which scraper was working; looking through conveyor to heading a distance of 300 ft.'

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

IDNO:
002765
Title:
Conveyor Filled with Coal at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
'View from point at which scraper was working; looking through conveyor to heading a distance of 300 ft.'
'Modified longwall mining with a German coal planer. Progress report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas no. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va.' Please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, United States, Department of Interior.

64. Interior of a Coal Mine with Roof Supports Along Longwall Face

IDNO:
002721
Title:
Interior of a Coal Mine with Roof Supports Along Longwall Face
Description:
'Modified longwall mining with a German coal planer. Progress report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas no. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va.' Please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, United States, Department of Interior.
Close view of a conveyor at a coal mine shop in Thomas, W. Va.

65. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002744
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Close view of a conveyor at a coal mine shop in Thomas, W. Va.

66. Coal on Conveyor Belt at Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002745
Title:
Coal on Conveyor Belt at Jamison No. 9 Mine
This is written on the back of the photo: 'Junction point two (2) 30"x1200' Conveyors Truax Traer Company, Elkville now used in Cabin Creek mines in West Virginia'

67. Conveyor Belt at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

IDNO:
033522
Title:
Conveyor Belt at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL
Description:
This is written on the back of the photo: 'Junction point two (2) 30"x1200' Conveyors Truax Traer Company, Elkville now used in Cabin Creek mines in West Virginia'

68. Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033524
Title:
Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

69. Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033526
Title:
Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

70. Building a Conveyor System Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033527
Title:
Building a Conveyor System Inside a Coal Mine

71. Miner at Work in a Low Ceiling Coal Mine

IDNO:
033528
Title:
Miner at Work in a Low Ceiling Coal Mine

72. Miner Operating a Cutting Machine

IDNO:
033529
Title:
Miner Operating a Cutting Machine

73. Miner on an Electric Cart

IDNO:
033530
Title:
Miner on an Electric Cart

74. Conveyor Equipment at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

IDNO:
033532
Title:
Conveyor Equipment at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

75. Shuttle Car Carrying Timber in the Mine

IDNO:
033531
Title:
Shuttle Car Carrying Timber in the Mine

76. Conveyor Equipment at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

IDNO:
033533
Title:
Conveyor Equipment at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

77. Miners Shoring up Ceiling of a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033534
Title:
Miners Shoring up Ceiling of a Coal Mine
This is written on the back of the photo: '30" Main Slope belt discharging to the car loading boom Hart Coal Company, Morton's Gap, Kentucky'

78. Main Slope Belt Discharging Coal to Car at Hart Coal Company, Morton's Gap, KY

IDNO:
033535
Title:
Main Slope Belt Discharging Coal to Car at Hart Coal Company, Morton's Gap, KY
Description:
This is written on the back of the photo: '30" Main Slope belt discharging to the car loading boom Hart Coal Company, Morton's Gap, Kentucky'

79. Coal Miner Works in Tight Quarters

IDNO:
033536
Title:
Coal Miner Works in Tight Quarters

80. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

IDNO:
033538
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine

81. Donkey Pulling a Cart Inside a Mine

IDNO:
033537
Title:
Donkey Pulling a Cart Inside a Mine

82. Coal Loaded in a Shuttle Car

IDNO:
033539
Title:
Coal Loaded in a Shuttle Car

83. Miners Roof Bolting

IDNO:
033540
Title:
Miners Roof Bolting

84. Transporting Logs into a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033542
Title:
Transporting Logs into a Coal Mine

85. Miners Roof Bolting

IDNO:
033541
Title:
Miners Roof Bolting

86. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033543
Title:
Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

87. Pumping Air into a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033544
Title:
Pumping Air into a Coal Mine

88. Miners Cutting Timber to Shore up the Walls of a Mine

IDNO:
033546
Title:
Miners Cutting Timber to Shore up the Walls of a Mine

89. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033545
Title:
Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

90. Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033548
Title:
Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

91. Coal Mining Machinery

IDNO:
033547
Title:
Coal Mining Machinery
'1. Tractor Trailer Unit over Dump. 2. Main line 30"x1000' Conveyor. 3. Junction point 30" Conveyors. 4. Tractor trailer dump over belt.'

92. Views of Coal Transport Equipment in Blue Bird Company Mine, Carrier Mills, IL

IDNO:
033550
Title:
Views of Coal Transport Equipment in Blue Bird Company Mine, Carrier Mills, IL
Description:
'1. Tractor Trailer Unit over Dump. 2. Main line 30"x1000' Conveyor. 3. Junction point 30" Conveyors. 4. Tractor trailer dump over belt.'

93. Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033549
Title:
Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

94. Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033551
Title:
Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

95. Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033552
Title:
Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

96. Coal on a Conveyor Belt Inside a Mine

IDNO:
033553
Title:
Coal on a Conveyor Belt Inside a Mine