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A miner is driving a battery powered shuttle car that is self unloading to the loading station.

1. Battery Powered 'Self Unloader' Shuttle Car Hauling Coal to Loading Station

Miner putting bolts into the roof of a mine for support.

2. Miner Roof Bolting

Miner putting bolts into the roof of a mine for support.

3. Miner Roof Bolting

Miner putting bolts into the roof of a mine for support.

4. Miner Roof Bolting

Men lean against coal cars at the Tram Road of Winifrede Coal Co., Winifrede, W. Va.

5. Tram Road, Winifrede Coal Company, Winifrede, W. Va.

Miner stands on pile of coal ready to be loaded and sent out of mine.

6. Coal Shot Down and Ready for Loading

Miner tests for gas after shooting of coal in Bishop's Mine, Poca Fuel Co.?

7. Testing for Gas After Shooting at Bishop's Mine

Miner checking for gas on pile of coal after it was shot down.

8. Coal Shot Down and Ready for Loading

Miner placing boards in Cavalier Mine No. 206.

9. Miner Placing Boards on the Floor of Cavalier Mine No. 206

'West Virginia has produced 20 percent of all the coal mined in the United States since 1800, a survey shows. The survey, by the Bituminous Coal Institute, also showed that during the 20 years from 1930 through 1949, West Virginia led all states in soft coal production. Picture courtesy of the W. Va. Dept. of Labor.'

10. Miner Checking for Gas

Two miners operate a Sullivan cutting machine.

11. Cutting Machine

Miner tests for gas in mine.

12. Testing for Gas

Miner tests for gas in mine.

13. Testing for Gas

Miner tests for gas in mine.

14. Testing for Gas

Mine crew building top of mine shaft enclosure at Eccles, W. Va. Sherman A. Clay present.

15. Eccles No. 1 Miners on Top of Shaft

16. Miners Testing for Gas in a Coal MIne

17. Miner Riding on Filled Coal Car

Two miners test for gas in mine. Hamilton Wright Organization Inc.  80 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, 'Newspaper Feature News' This photograph released to you GRATIS for editorial use only. Do not use for advertising purpose without written permission.

18. Testing for Gas

Man tests for gas at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

19. Testing for Gas at Jamison No. 9 Mine

Two miners pose for a picture beside railroad tracks.

20. Miners by the Railroad Tracks at an Unknown Location

'Safety first is stressed in every possible way in White Oak mines. Note the posts set to protect this man at his labor. He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his work place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night ready for him to work tomorrow.'

21. Miner Waiting for Mine Car

Group portrait of miners standing with horses in a mine.

22. Miners and Horse Drawn Cart

Small boy running the trip rope, Welch Mining Co., Welch, W. Va. Credit National Archives 102-LH-70

23. Boy Running Trip Rope, Welch Mining Company, Welch, W. Va.

Group of miners attempt to realign the wheels of a coal car with the tracks in the mine. John Williams, Coal Life Project

24. Miners Fixing Mine Car