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1. Miners Moving a Dynamite Box

A man stands in the mining shaft holding an instrument to test the gas levels in the mine.

2. Testing for Gas in a Pittsburgh Seam Coal Mine

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

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

A painting by Van Gogh that shows slumped over workers walking along with sacks hanging from their heads.  Two children stand in the background. John Williams, Coal Life Project. Rijksmuseumkrller-Mller, Otterlo(G.) Copyright Holland.

4. Coal Miners by Van Gogh

5. Miner Driving Mathies Mine Electric Locomotive

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

6. Miners on an Electric Locomotive

Miner walking next to coal carts outside of mine.

7. Coal Carts Entering and Leaving a Fayette County 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.

8. Miner and Loaded Mine Cars

A mine locomotive of the Price Hill Colliery Co.

9. Miners and Mine Locomotive at Price Hill Colliery Company

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

10. Electric Locomotive Hauls Miners and Filled Coal Carts

Two men riding on a electric locomotive.

11. Miners on an Electric Locomotive

Miners standing next to coal carts and a locomotive. John Williams/Coal Life Project.

12. Miners Hauling Coal with an Old Mine Locomotive

Miners posing for a picture outside of an unknown mine. John Williams/Coal Life Project.

13. Coal Miners and Coal Carts Outside of Mine Entrance

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

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

Miners Workshop-Safety and Accident Prevention. Members of local unions from mining counties take this short refresher course to prepare to take the State Mine Examination.

15. Miners' Workshop, Safety and Accident Prevention

Coal filled mine cars and miners at the Winding Gulf Collieries. Possibly Winding Gulf No. 4.

16. Coal Filled Mine Cars and Miners

17. Coal Miners with Shovels Standing Next to Piles of Coal

Man buying things from a unknown company store.

18. Miners in a Coal Company Store

Two men with equipment putting up bolts to support the mine roof.

19. Miner Roof Bolting

Two miners digging coal in mine.

20. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Two men placing charges in an already drilled hole. Notice the preparatory cut on upper right hand side.

21. Miners Placing Charges

Two men working on the loading machine.

22. Coal Loading Machine in Operation at Jamison Mine No. 9

Miners gathered in a typical Consol locker room with a modern bath house adjacent to it.

23. Typical Consol Locker Room

24. Miner Operating a Coal Loading Machine

Two miners take samples of coal.

25. Miners Taking Samples of Coal

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

27. Miner Marking a Coal Seam

28. 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

30. Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting

31. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

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

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.

A miner operates an electric shuttle car in the mine.

34. Miner Operating an Electric Shuttle Car

Coal miner's shower room.

35. Miner's Showers, Hanna Coal Company

A miner moves a fully loaded shuttle car down the mine shaft.

36. Loaded Coal Shuttle Car

A miner empties his shuttle car.

37. Shuttle Car Discharging Coal

Two men stand beside rail cars.  A cart a motor sits in  front of them.

38. Miners Stand by Steel Mine Railway Cars

Two miners operate a track mounted coal cutting machine.

39. Track Mounted Cutting Machine

Two miners operate the breast type coal cutting machine.

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

Miners leaving roofed man trip car at shifts end.

41. Miners Leaving Roofed Man-Trip Car At Shift's End, Consolidation Coal Company, Mine No. 32

Two men operating a loading machine.

42. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

43. Joy Manufacturing Company Continuous Mining Machine

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

44. Miner Cutting Coal in Consol Mine in Kentucky

Two men cutting coal in the parting.

45. Cutting Coal with Cavalier

46. Cutting Coal Preparatory to Shooting It Down for Loading

A miner operating a coal cutting machine.

47. Coal Miner at Work

Miner on a small, track mounted, cutting machine.

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