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'View from point at which scraper was working; looking through conveyor to heading a distance of 300 ft.'

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

'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.'

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

Pile of coal at the end of a conveyor.

3. Coal Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

Conveyor and other machinery at a shop in Thomas, W. Va.

4. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

Shuttle car in an underground mine, loaded with coal.

5. Loaded Shuttle Car

Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

6. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

7. Loading Coal in an Unidentified MIne

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

'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.'

9. Self Dumping Cages