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Two miners take samples of coal.

25. Miners Taking Samples of Coal

IDNO:
002154
Title:
Miners Taking Samples of Coal
Description:
Two miners take samples of coal.

26. Making a Cut in Coal Face Prior to 'Shooting Down' Coal

IDNO:
002156
Title:
Making a Cut in Coal Face Prior to 'Shooting Down' Coal

27. Miner Marking a Coal Seam

IDNO:
002158
Title:
Miner Marking a Coal Seam

28. Miners Operating a Loading Machine in Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002163
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine in Jamison No. 9 Mine
Two men working with a rubber tire mounted cutting machine.

29. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002165
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine
Description:
Two men working with a rubber tire mounted cutting machine.

30. Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting

IDNO:
002177
Title:
Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting

31. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002178
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine
Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

32. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine in Pursglove No. 15 Mine

IDNO:
002179
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine in Pursglove No. 15 Mine
Description:
Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15
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.'

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

IDNO:
002181
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, Owings, W. Va.
Date:
1950/10
Description:
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.'
A miner operates an electric shuttle car in the mine.

34. Miner Operating an Electric Shuttle Car

IDNO:
002184
Title:
Miner Operating an Electric Shuttle Car
Description:
A miner operates an electric shuttle car in the mine.
Coal miner's shower room.

35. Miner's Showers, Hanna Coal Company

IDNO:
002188
Title:
Miner's Showers, Hanna Coal Company
Description:
Coal miner's shower room.
A miner moves a fully loaded shuttle car down the mine shaft.

36. Loaded Coal Shuttle Car

IDNO:
002190
Title:
Loaded Coal Shuttle Car
Description:
A miner moves a fully loaded shuttle car down the mine shaft.