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Miner running a continuous mining machine.

1. Continuous Mining Machine

Two miners work with a machine to undercut coal.

2. Miners Undercutting Coal with Machine

Miner works with cutting machine at Jamison No. 9 mine.

3. Cutting Machine at Jamison No. 9

Two miners work with a cutting machine at Pursglove No. 15.

4. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Pursglove No. 15

5. Miners Loading Coal Into a Hand Loaded Loading Machine

Caption on back reads, 'Making a cut in the coal face is this Mastodon of the machine age - an underground cutter.  Rubber tired for mobility, and mounting a 9-foot cutting blade armed with whirring steel bits, it can cut a full 360 degree arc.  This and similar machines give America's bituminous coal mines almost unlimited capacity for production.'

6. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, Owings, W. Va.