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Four unidentified men shovel coal.

1. Miners Working at a Coal Mine Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

IDNO:
052040
Title:
Miners Working at a Coal Mine Likely Somewhere in West Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
Four unidentified men shovel coal.
Vance, a 15 years old trapper boy, whose job it was to open and closed the door, allowing mine trains to enter and exit. Vance earned $1.60 a week.

2. Coal Mine Trapper Boy, Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
047037
Title:
Coal Mine Trapper Boy, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
1908
Description:
Vance, a 15 years old trapper boy, whose job it was to open and closed the door, allowing mine trains to enter and exit. Vance earned $1.60 a week.

3. Miners at Work Inside the Mine at Maidsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
034100
Title:
Miners at Work Inside the Mine at Maidsville, W. Va.
Date:
1934-1940

4. Miner with a Horse Down in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company, Maidsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
034099
Title:
Miner with a Horse Down in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company, Maidsville, W. Va.
Date:
1934-1940

5. Miner in a Shuttle Car

IDNO:
033521
Title:
Miner in a Shuttle Car
Men watch as teams participate in safety and rescue training exercises.

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

IDNO:
002784
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Men watch as teams participate in safety and rescue training exercises.
Conveyor and other machinery at a shop in Thomas, W. Va.

7. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002742
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Conveyor and other machinery at a shop in Thomas, W. Va.

8. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002731
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

9. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002726
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

10. Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine

IDNO:
002720
Title:
Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine
Continuous mining machine at work.

11. Continuous Miner in a Tunnel Approximately 4 Feet High

IDNO:
002714
Title:
Continuous Miner in a Tunnel Approximately 4 Feet High
Description:
Continuous mining machine at work.

12. Loading Machine Discharges Coal into Shuttle Car

IDNO:
002700
Title:
Loading Machine Discharges Coal into Shuttle Car
Date:
undated

13. Electric Shuttle Car at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002698
Title:
Electric Shuttle Car at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

14. Inter-Floor Lift at Jamison Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002689
Title:
Inter-Floor Lift at Jamison Mine No. 9
Jamison No. 9 Mine shaft with a tensioning device on a cable.

15. Rock Dusted Mine Shaft at Jamison No. 9

IDNO:
002688
Title:
Rock Dusted Mine Shaft at Jamison No. 9
Description:
Jamison No. 9 Mine shaft with a tensioning device on a cable.

16. ITE Circuit Breaker at Jamison Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002687
Title:
ITE Circuit Breaker at Jamison Mine No. 9

17. Diaphram Pump at Jamison Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002685
Title:
Diaphram Pump at Jamison Mine No. 9
Mine car traveling through the mine.

18. Mine Car

IDNO:
002684
Title:
Mine Car
Description:
Mine car traveling through the mine.

19. Coal Shuttle in Jamison Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002683
Title:
Coal Shuttle in Jamison Mine No. 9
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

20. Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002682
Title:
Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine
Description:
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

21. Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002681
Title:
Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine
Description:
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

22. Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002680
Title:
Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine
Description:
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.
Overcast, where two air currents cross in a mine, at the Jamison Mine No. 9 shaft bottom.

23. Overcast in Jamison No. 9 Mine Shaft Bottom

IDNO:
002679
Title:
Overcast in Jamison No. 9 Mine Shaft Bottom
Description:
Overcast, where two air currents cross in a mine, at the Jamison Mine No. 9 shaft bottom.

24. Cavalier No. 206 Mine, Elkhorn No. 3 Seam Showing Top and Bottom Bend

IDNO:
002678
Title:
Cavalier No. 206 Mine, Elkhorn No. 3 Seam Showing Top and Bottom Bend
Shows timber roof-support and mine railway track.

25. Elkhorn No. 3 Seam, Mine 206, Kentucky

IDNO:
002677
Title:
Elkhorn No. 3 Seam, Mine 206, Kentucky
Description:
Shows timber roof-support and mine railway track.
Coal car tracks inside of the mine.

26. Tracks in an Underground Mine

IDNO:
002676
Title:
Tracks in an Underground Mine
Description:
Coal car tracks inside of the mine.
Two miners operating a loading machine.

27. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

IDNO:
002675
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine
Description:
Two miners operating a loading machine.

28. Miner Testing for Gas in Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002658
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas in Jamison No. 9 Mine
Date:
1954/10/05
Miners using a machine to bolt the mine roof.

29. Roof Bolting in Pursglove No. 15 Coal Mine

IDNO:
002657
Title:
Roof Bolting in Pursglove No. 15 Coal Mine
Description:
Miners using a machine to bolt the mine roof.
'Note the wooden mine car. It is of the Barnestown shaft which was the first shaft, of 100 feet in depth, in the valley.'

30. Miners at Work

IDNO:
002656
Title:
Miners at Work
Description:
'Note the wooden mine car. It is of the Barnestown shaft which was the first shaft, of 100 feet in depth, in the valley.'
'White Oak preparation begins when the machine leaves and the miner is ready to shoot down his coal. The shooting inspector on the left has not only located the hole for the miner to drill, but instructed him as to what angle he must bore his hole to contain the necessary explosive used in dislodging the coal from the seam. The "kerf" made by cutting machine is plainly visible in this picture and you will note the cutting or "bug dust" have been removed before the coal is shot. The length of the auger used by the miner and the width of the bit which determines the size of the hole bored, is also carefully regulated.'

31. Miners Preparing to Shoot Down Coal

IDNO:
002655
Title:
Miners Preparing to Shoot Down Coal
Description:
'White Oak preparation begins when the machine leaves and the miner is ready to shoot down his coal. The shooting inspector on the left has not only located the hole for the miner to drill, but instructed him as to what angle he must bore his hole to contain the necessary explosive used in dislodging the coal from the seam. The "kerf" made by cutting machine is plainly visible in this picture and you will note the cutting or "bug dust" have been removed before the coal is shot. The length of the auger used by the miner and the width of the bit which determines the size of the hole bored, is also carefully regulated.'

32. Miner Testing for Gas at Consol. No. 32 Mine

IDNO:
002654
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas at Consol. No. 32 Mine
Date:
1957
'This miner has just completed loading a mine car of weighing net about two and one-half tons, and is waiting for a locomotive to come along and take it out and give him another empty car. An industrious miner will load about six and sometimes eight of these cars in one day. This is a wooden mine car that is now being rapidly replaced by steel mine car equipment. The number of post shown in this picture indicate again the immense amount of timber required to conduct operations in a safe manner.'

33. Loaded Mine Car

IDNO:
002653
Title:
Loaded Mine Car
Description:
'This miner has just completed loading a mine car of weighing net about two and one-half tons, and is waiting for a locomotive to come along and take it out and give him another empty car. An industrious miner will load about six and sometimes eight of these cars in one day. This is a wooden mine car that is now being rapidly replaced by steel mine car equipment. The number of post shown in this picture indicate again the immense amount of timber required to conduct operations in a safe manner.'

34. Coal on Belt at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002652
Title:
Coal on Belt at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

35. Miner Placing a Charge

IDNO:
002651
Title:
Miner Placing a Charge

36. Miner Roof Bolting

IDNO:
002650
Title:
Miner Roof Bolting

37. Miner Testing for Gas

IDNO:
002649
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas
J.P. McGee, Acting Research Director, and Jack Smith, in Charge of the Gas Turbine Development Project discuss proper positioning of the turbine rotor in its casing.

38. Proper Positioning of the Turbine Rotor in Its Casing

IDNO:
002648
Title:
Proper Positioning of the Turbine Rotor in Its Casing
Date:
1960-1970
Description:
J.P. McGee, Acting Research Director, and Jack Smith, in Charge of the Gas Turbine Development Project discuss proper positioning of the turbine rotor in its casing.
Miner works on pile of shot down coal.

39. Shot Down Coal at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002647
Title:
Shot Down Coal at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9
Description:
Miner works on pile of shot down coal.

40. Area Worked by Coal Cutters

IDNO:
002646
Title:
Area Worked by Coal Cutters
Looking down a mine shaft.

41. Interior of New England Coal Mine

IDNO:
002645
Title:
Interior of New England Coal Mine
Description:
Looking down a mine shaft.
Print possibly overexposed.

42. Area worked by Coal Cutters

IDNO:
002644
Title:
Area worked by Coal Cutters
Description:
Print possibly overexposed.
'Probably no phase of coal preparation requires the supervision and care that must be given to shooting practices. The type of explosive used is a safety powder known as "Duobel" and has been selected because it is most suitable for the coal mined in the White Oak Mines. Not only must the explosive be of the best quality and best suited for the work of breaking down the coal, but its use must be supervised and restricted. The proper amount to use; the size of the cartridge; the manner of tamping and many other details are looked after so that a maximum of lump and coarse coal is produced after shooting. This view shows the working place after the 'breaker shot' has been fired.'

43. Breaker Shot

IDNO:
002643
Title:
Breaker Shot
Description:
'Probably no phase of coal preparation requires the supervision and care that must be given to shooting practices. The type of explosive used is a safety powder known as "Duobel" and has been selected because it is most suitable for the coal mined in the White Oak Mines. Not only must the explosive be of the best quality and best suited for the work of breaking down the coal, but its use must be supervised and restricted. The proper amount to use; the size of the cartridge; the manner of tamping and many other details are looked after so that a maximum of lump and coarse coal is produced after shooting. This view shows the working place after the 'breaker shot' has been fired.'
'Probably no phase of coal preparation requires the supervision and care that must be given to shooting practices. The type of explosive used is a safety powder known as "Duobel" and has been selected because it is most suitable for the coal mined in the White Oak Mines. Not only must the explosive be of the best quality and best suited for the work of breaking down the coal, but its use must be supervised and restricted. The proper amount to use; the size of the cartridge; the manner of tamping and many other details are looked after so that a maximum of lump and coarse coal is produced after shooting. This view shows the working place after the 'breaker shot' has been fired.'

44. Breaker Shot

IDNO:
002642
Title:
Breaker Shot
Description:
'Probably no phase of coal preparation requires the supervision and care that must be given to shooting practices. The type of explosive used is a safety powder known as "Duobel" and has been selected because it is most suitable for the coal mined in the White Oak Mines. Not only must the explosive be of the best quality and best suited for the work of breaking down the coal, but its use must be supervised and restricted. The proper amount to use; the size of the cartridge; the manner of tamping and many other details are looked after so that a maximum of lump and coarse coal is produced after shooting. This view shows the working place after the 'breaker shot' has been fired.'
Notice the preparatory cut and the 3 charge-holes near floor of the mine.

45. Coal Nearly Ready to be Shot Down

IDNO:
002641
Title:
Coal Nearly Ready to be Shot Down
Description:
Notice the preparatory cut and the 3 charge-holes near floor of the mine.
Large chunks of coal piled below the seam.

46. Shot Down Coal at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002640
Title:
Shot Down Coal at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9
Description:
Large chunks of coal piled below the seam.
'All white oak mines work the same seam of coal, viz: Sewall. THe face of one of the working places or rooms is shown in this picture. The coal averages about 48 to 50 inches in thickness. This working place is now ready to be cut by the undercutting machine, so it can be shot down be the miner and loaded into cars for transportation to the tipple. The white line on the roof in this picture is the center line of the room set by the engineers to guide the men operating the mining machine in driving the room straight.'

47. Sewall Coal Seam Worked by the New River Coal Company

IDNO:
002639
Title:
Sewall Coal Seam Worked by the New River Coal Company
Description:
'All white oak mines work the same seam of coal, viz: Sewall. THe face of one of the working places or rooms is shown in this picture. The coal averages about 48 to 50 inches in thickness. This working place is now ready to be cut by the undercutting machine, so it can be shot down be the miner and loaded into cars for transportation to the tipple. The white line on the roof in this picture is the center line of the room set by the engineers to guide the men operating the mining machine in driving the room straight.'
'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.

48. Wood Crib with Both Releases Tripped and Crib Collapsed at Pocahontas No. 4 Coal Bed, Helen, W. Va.

IDNO:
002638
Title:
Wood Crib with Both Releases Tripped and Crib Collapsed at Pocahontas No. 4 Coal Bed, Helen, W. Va.
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.