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An electric locomotive carrying coal and miners outside of the mine.

193. Electric Locomotive Hauls Miners and Filled Coal Carts

Miner drilling a hole for explosives at the Bishop Mine, Pocahontas Fuel Co.

194. Drilling Prior to Placing Explosives at Bishop Mine, Pocahontas Fuel Company

Two miners at work drilling into a wall of coal. John Williams, Coal Life Project.

195. Miners at Work

A group of miners is sitting and standing next to a train.

196. Miners Next to Train

Miner operating a Joy loading machine.

197. Joy Loading Machine

198. Miners and Family Members Pose in the Mud Between Rows of Barracks

'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.'

199. Loaded Mine Car

Miners on an electric locomotive used in hauling mine cars.

200. Electric Locomotive Used in Hauling Mine Cars

Miners stand beside a patent oven.

201. Patent Oven

Miner operating a loading machine.

202. Loading Machine in Operation

203. Miner Operating a Coal Loading Machine

Miners examine coal on conveyor belt.

204. Screening Coal, Thomas, W. Va.

Miners and filled coal cars at the Scale House, Crane Creek Mine.

205. Scale House at Crane Creek

206. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Miners at work with loading machine and shuttle car.

207. Miner Operating a Loading Machine

Miner operating the Railroad car loading control panel.

208. Railroad Car Loading Control Panel

Miner operating a Joy loading machine.

209. Modern Joy Loading Machine

Two miners dust the rocks at Consol Mine No. 207 for safety.

210. Rock Dusting at Consol. Mine No. 207

Miners stand outside of the west portal at Little Bull

211. West Portal, Little Bull Mine

212. Miner Driving Mathies Mine Electric Locomotive

This sketch shows men, a women and children walking to work.  John Williams/ Coal Life Project.  Rijksmuseumkrller-Mller, Otterlo(G.) Copyright Holland.

213. Coal Miners on their Way to the Mines by Vincent Van Gogh

Many miners parading down the road and accross a steel bridge while carrying signs and American flags.

214. Miner's Parade

'Jones Coloder Pocahontas'

215. Loading Machine

Group portrait of miners, where five of them are on horses.  John Williams, Coal Life Project

216. Mine Crew with their Horse Drawn Carts and Lunch Pails in front of a West Virginia Mine

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.'

217. Miners Seated on Bench in an Underground Mine.

Miner drilling holes for explosives at Jamison No. 9.

218. Drilling Prior to 'Setting' Explosives at Jamison No. 9

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

Miners shovel coal into carts for hauling out of mine.

220. Miners Shoveling Coal in Carts

Two miners riding a electric locomotive outside of a mine during the winter.

221. Miners on an Electric Locomotive

Group portrait of a mine safety team at Thomas, W. Va.

222. Mine Safety Team, Thomas, W. Va.

A miner working with machinery on the exterior of a mine.

223. Miner Working with Machinery Outside of Mine

224. Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine

Miner standing over a mechanical loader at the Winifrede Seam, Sycamore Coal Co. Cinderella Mine, Mingo Co., W. Va.

225. Mechanical Loader at Cinderella Mine, Mingo Co., W. Va.

226. Striking Miners Pose with an American Flag in front of a Tent

Two miners operate the breast type coal cutting machine.

227. Breast Type Coal Cutting Machine, Consol Mine No. 26, Watson, W. Va.

Reverend Lee Klaer, top of photo at right

228. Klaer, Reverend Lee with Group of Miners

Miners carry signs and American flags while marching. One sign says 'We don't want the world justice is all' and another says 'In God we trust the devil we fear but the coal Barons neither believe in God nor the devil....'

229. Miners Protest March

Miners and filled coal cars inside a mine.

230. Interior of a Coal Mine

Miner works on pile of shot down coal.

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

Two miners work with a mining machine. 'Compliments of Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.' John Williams, Coal Life Project.

232. Mining Operating a Cutting Machine

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

233. Miner Cutting Coal in Consol Mine in Kentucky

A photo of three men walking to the mines.

234. Miners On Their Way to Work

235. Miners and Family Members in front of Their Barracks

A miner operates a cart full of coal exiting the mine.

236. Coal Cars Exiting a Mine

Miners place a piece of timber to support the roof of the mine.

237. Setting a Mine Timber Under the Roof

Miner standing in portal to Jamison No. 9.

238. Portal at Jamison No. 9 Mine

A modern coal cutting machine in operation at Bishop Mine.

239. Modern Coal Cutting Machine in Operation at Bishop Mine

'Charge being placed in the hole; notice preparatory cut in the center.'

240. Miner Placing a Charge

Miner using machine to cut coal.

241. Cutting Coal

Julius Blaney driving a coal cart with people in a coal mine.

242. Blaney, Julius, a Former Student, Operates a Coal Cart

Man properly carrying prop and setting safety timber.

243. Miner Setting Safety Timber

Two miners dust the side walls of Mine No. 207 for safety.

244. Rock Dusting for Safety at Consol Mine No. 207

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

245. Miner Roof Bolting

246. Children and Adults Outside Barracks

Miner entering the entrance to the mine.  Cars loaded with miners in the background.

247. Coal Miner Entering Tunnel

Miner speaking in microphone at control board at Jamison No. 9.

248. Control Board at Jamison No. 9

Group portrait of miners and horses inside a mine. 'Dr. Parkinson said a copy of this picture appeared in Natural Geographic's Pictorical Study of Appalachia.'

249. Miners and Their Horses

Coal miner's shower room.

250. Miner's Showers, Hanna Coal Company

'Machine, helper and crew. 350 tons a day, per 8 hour shift.'

251. Continuous Mining Machine, Helper and Crew

Two men riding on a electric locomotive.

252. Miners on an Electric Locomotive

A miner at work placing a charge.

253. Miner Placing a Charge

A miner operates an electric shuttle car in the mine.

254. Miner Operating an Electric Shuttle Car

Miner Drilling a hole in mine.

255. Miner Boring a Hole Prior to Placing a Charge

256. Cutting Coal Preparatory to Shooting It Down for Loading

257. Miner Explaining Coal Conveyor to Group on a Mine Tour

A miner shovels coal into cart for removal from mine.

258. Miner Loading Cart with Shovel

Miner at control board at Jamison No. 9.

259. Control Board at Jamison No. 9

Conveyor outside of preparation plant unloading coal. Miner helps fill up the mine car.

260. Conveyor Unloading Coal

261. Miners Moving a Dynamite Box

'Company office steps six years of service award. The African American was Harry Wade. Presenter of the award was Charlie Purdere, John Wyatt Receiving award. Rt. of Harry Wade was Floyd Rhodes, next in suit is a Eastern bighsot. Top rt. to lf. Hubert Lawson, Alan Smith, Wylie G. Erwin.'

262. Six Years of Service Award

Miner receiving his payment from the office on payday.

263. Coal Miner's Pay Day

Two miners work on a seam, one with a pick, the other with a shovel.

264. Miners at Work in Mine Interior

'Note the wooden mine car. It is of the Barnestown shaft which was the first shaft, of 100 feet in depth, in the valley.'

265. Miners at Work

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.

266. Testing for Gas

'Group of strikers sent to the Penitentiary by the Military Court, and who testified before the United States Senate Committee.'

267. Mug Shots of Striking Miners

Miner operating a cutting machine.

268. Cutting Machine, Price Hill Colliery Company

Two miners at Pursglove No. 15 cut coal preparatory to shooting it down for loading.

269. Cutting Coal at Pursglove No. 15

270. Integrated Shift of Miners with Tools and Lunch Buckets

Miner operating a Joy Loading Machine. '180 tons a day.'

271. Joy Loading Machine in Action

Men haul logs from tram cars.

272. Hauling Logs

273. Miners Sharing Chow during a Strike

Miner setting charges at Jamison No. 9.

274. Setting Explosives at Jamison No. 9

275. Miner's Families in Front of Barracks

Unknown miner sitting down outside of the mine. 'Please credit Farm Security Administration for Photo.

276. Miner Taking a Break

277. Coal Loading Machine in and Unidentified Mine

A miner operating an electric shuttle car filled with coal.

278. Electric Shuttle Car

Picture of an evicted coal miner with his belongings.

279. Evicted Coal Miner

One man drives an electric locomotive that transports the miners out of the mine.

280. Coal Miners in Carts Exiting Mine

Miner works with coke ovens while a loading machine fills railroad cars.

281. Miners Working at Coke Ovens

282. Miner Boring a Hole Prior to Placing a Charge

Two miners using a machine to cut across the face of a wall in a mine.

283. Cutting Across the Face

Five miners sitting in mine with their headlamps on.

284. Miners Sitting in an Underground Coal Mine

This trip of loaded cars contain mine run coal, ready to be dumped, that 'White Oak' is proud to put its trade mark on as a stamp of approval. It has received every care in mining, shooting and transportation that can possibly be given any coal up to the point where it is ready to be sized and loaded into railroad cars. This coal, due to careful shooting, is not friable but firm and will handle in railroad cars through to destination with minimum of degradation.

285. Miner and Loaded Mine Cars

Two miners operating a loading machine.

286. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

A miner operating a coal cutting machine.

287. Coal Miner at Work

288. Miners Operating a Loading Machine