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Miner shoveling coal as it pours into a coal car.

1. Loading Coal Cars

2. Miner Walking on Tracks Between Coal Cars

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

3. Miner Walking Along Tracks Next to Coal Carts

Men carrying cans along track with coal cars.

4. Miner Walking Past Loaded Coal Cars

5. Miner Inspecting Coal Cars Exiting the Mine

'This miner has just completed loading a mine oar of coal 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 oar.  An industrious miner will load about six and sometimes eight of these oars in one day.  This is a wooden mine car that is now being rapidly replaced by steel mine car equipment.  The number of posts shown in this picture indi- again [sic] the immense amount of timber required to conduct operations in a safe manner.'

6. Miner and Loaded Mine Car

7. Coal Miner at Work Underground

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.

8. Employees of the Loveridge Mine

Men sitting down on benches with mine diagrams on the walls. Joe Akers is on the right.

9. Miners in a Mine Office

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

10. Cutting Machine in Operation at Mine No. 32

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

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

Two men sitting on a bench in a mine in an underground mine.  Sign reads, 'It is a dischargeable offence to run over any cable.'

12. Miners Seated on Bench in an Underground Mine.

13. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

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

14. Miner Roof Bolting at Jamison No. 9 Mine

15. Miners Loading Coal Into a Hand Loaded Loading Machine

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

16. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

Miners at work with loading machine and shuttle car.

17. Miner Operating a Loading Machine

Miner on a small, track mounted, cutting machine.

18. Miner Operating a Small, Track Mounted, Cutting Machine

A miner operating a coal cutting machine.

19. Coal Miner at Work

20. Cutting Coal Preparatory to Shooting It Down for Loading

Two men cutting coal in the parting.

21. Cutting Coal with Cavalier

Man cutting coal in Consol. Coal Co. Mine in Kentucky. Note the roof supports using jacks.

22. Miner Cutting Coal in Consol Mine in Kentucky

23. Joy Manufacturing Company Continuous Mining Machine

Two men operating a loading machine.

24. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32