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IDNO:
001750
Title:
Miners Moving a Dynamite Box
IDNO:
001781
Title:
Testing for Gas in a Pittsburgh Seam Coal Mine
Description:
A man stands in the mining shaft holding an instrument to test the gas levels in the mine.
IDNO:
001788
Title:
Coal Miners on their Way to the Mines by Vincent Van Gogh
Description:
This sketch shows men, a women and children walking to work. John Williams/ Coal Life Project. Rijksmuseumkrller-Mller, Otterlo(G.) Copyright Holland.
IDNO:
001793
Title:
Coal Miners by Van Gogh
Description:
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.
IDNO:
001802
Title:
Miner Driving Mathies Mine Electric Locomotive
IDNO:
001806
Title:
Miners on an Electric Locomotive
Description:
Two miners riding a electric locomotive outside of a mine during the winter.
IDNO:
001807
Title:
Coal Carts Entering and Leaving a Fayette County Mine
Description:
Miner walking next to coal carts outside of mine.
IDNO:
001826
Title:
Miner and Loaded Mine Cars
Description:
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.
IDNO:
001831
Title:
Miners and Mine Locomotive at Price Hill Colliery Company
Description:
A mine locomotive of the Price Hill Colliery Co.
IDNO:
001834
Title:
Electric Locomotive Hauls Miners and Filled Coal Carts
Description:
An electric locomotive carrying coal and miners outside of the mine.
IDNO:
001835
Title:
Miners on an Electric Locomotive
Description:
Two men riding on a electric locomotive.
IDNO:
001839
Title:
Miners Hauling Coal with an Old Mine Locomotive
Description:
Miners standing next to coal carts and a locomotive. John Williams/Coal Life Project.
IDNO:
001840
Title:
Coal Miners and Coal Carts Outside of Mine Entrance
Description:
Miners posing for a picture outside of an unknown mine. John Williams/Coal Life Project.
IDNO:
001917
Title:
Blaney, Julius, a Former Student, Operates a Coal Cart
Description:
Julius Blaney driving a coal cart with people in a coal mine.
IDNO:
001926
Title:
Miners' Workshop, Safety and Accident Prevention
Description:
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.
IDNO:
002073
Title:
Coal Filled Mine Cars and Miners
Date:
1947/10/13
Description:
Coal filled mine cars and miners at the Winding Gulf Collieries. Possibly Winding Gulf No. 4.
IDNO:
002076
Title:
Coal Miners with Shovels Standing Next to Piles of Coal
Date:
1913/05/29
IDNO:
002110
Title:
Miners in a Coal Company Store
Description:
Man buying things from a unknown company store.
IDNO:
002112
Title:
Miner Roof Bolting
Date:
1957/04/18
Description:
Two men with equipment putting up bolts to support the mine roof.
IDNO:
002138
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine
Description:
Two miners digging coal in mine.
IDNO:
002147
Title:
Miners Placing Charges
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Two men placing charges in an already drilled hole. Notice the preparatory cut on upper right hand side.
IDNO:
002149
Title:
Coal Loading Machine in Operation at Jamison Mine No. 9
Date:
1954/10/05
Description:
Two men working on the loading machine.
IDNO:
002150
Title:
Typical Consol Locker Room
Description:
Miners gathered in a typical Consol locker room with a modern bath house adjacent to it.
IDNO:
002152
Title:
Miner Operating a Coal Loading Machine
IDNO:
002154
Title:
Miners Taking Samples of Coal
Description:
Two miners take samples of coal.
IDNO:
002156
Title:
Making a Cut in Coal Face Prior to 'Shooting Down' Coal
IDNO:
002158
Title:
Miner Marking a Coal Seam
IDNO:
002163
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine in Jamison No. 9 Mine
IDNO:
002165
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine
Description:
Two men working with a rubber tire mounted cutting machine.
IDNO:
002177
Title:
Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting
IDNO:
002178
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine
IDNO:
002179
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine in Pursglove No. 15 Mine
Description:
Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15
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.'
IDNO:
002184
Title:
Miner Operating an Electric Shuttle Car
Description:
A miner operates an electric shuttle car in the mine.
IDNO:
002188
Title:
Miner's Showers, Hanna Coal Company
Description:
Coal miner's shower room.
IDNO:
002190
Title:
Loaded Coal Shuttle Car
Description:
A miner moves a fully loaded shuttle car down the mine shaft.
IDNO:
002193
Title:
Shuttle Car Discharging Coal
Description:
A miner empties his shuttle car.
IDNO:
002194
Title:
Miners Stand by Steel Mine Railway Cars
Date:
1957/04/18
Description:
Two men stand beside rail cars. A cart a motor sits in front of them.
IDNO:
002195
Title:
Track Mounted Cutting Machine
Description:
Two miners operate a track mounted coal cutting machine.
IDNO:
002197
Title:
Breast Type Coal Cutting Machine, Consol Mine No. 26, Watson, W. Va.
Description:
Two miners operate the breast type coal cutting machine.
IDNO:
002198
Title:
Miners Leaving Roofed Man-Trip Car At Shift's End, Consolidation Coal Company, Mine No. 32
Date:
1948/08
Description:
Miners leaving roofed man trip car at shifts end.
IDNO:
002200
Title:
Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Two men operating a loading machine.
IDNO:
002202
Title:
Joy Manufacturing Company Continuous Mining Machine
IDNO:
002204
Title:
Miner Cutting Coal in Consol Mine in Kentucky
Description:
Man cutting coal in Consol. Coal Co. Mine in Kentucky. Note the roof supports using jacks.
IDNO:
002206
Title:
Cutting Coal with Cavalier
Description:
Two men cutting coal in the parting.
IDNO:
002207
Title:
Cutting Coal Preparatory to Shooting It Down for Loading
IDNO:
002208
Title:
Coal Miner at Work
Description:
A miner operating a coal cutting machine.
IDNO:
002209
Title:
Miner Operating a Small, Track Mounted, Cutting Machine
Description:
Miner on a small, track mounted, cutting machine.
IDNO:
002210
Title:
Miner Operating a Loading Machine
Description:
Miners at work with loading machine and shuttle car.
IDNO:
002211
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine
Date:
undated
Description:
Men at work with loading machine and shuttle car. Probably Joy Machinery.
IDNO:
002212
Title:
Miner Explaining Coal Conveyor to Group on a Mine Tour
IDNO:
002218
Title:
Miners Loading Coal Into a Hand Loaded Loading Machine
Date:
1951/04/23
IDNO:
002220
Title:
Miner Roof Bolting at Jamison No. 9 Mine
Date:
1954/10/05
Description:
Two men running a roof bolter in Jamison No. 9 mine.
IDNO:
002221
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine
Date:
1947/07
IDNO:
002222
Title:
Miners Seated on Bench in an Underground Mine.
Description:
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.'
IDNO:
002223
Title:
Miners Roof Bolting at Consol No. 204, Jenkins, Ky.
Description:
Close-up view of roof drill in action. Man in background is tightening bolt with air powered wrench at Consol. No. 204, Jenkins, Ky.
IDNO:
002224
Title:
Cutting Machine in Operation at Mine No. 32
Description:
A coal cutter with nine foot cutting blade at work in Consol. Coal Co. Mine No. 32, Owings, W. Va.
IDNO:
002225
Title:
Miners in a Mine Office
Description:
Men sitting down on benches with mine diagrams on the walls. Joe Akers is on the right.
IDNO:
002227
Title:
Employees of the Loveridge Mine
Date:
1960/08/25
Description:
Front Row 'Left to Right'; N.T. Berry, North Western-Hanna, R.C. Larsen,North Western-Hanna, J.J. Larsen, North Western-Hanna. Back Row 'Left to Right'; Robert O'Conner, North Western-Hanna, J.E. Fier, North Western-Hanna, G.M. Allis, North Western-Hanna, M.L. Zhan, North Western-Hanna, Alfred Christopherson, North Western-Hanna, Harry Turner, Superintendent, Loveridge Mine.
IDNO:
002228
Title:
Coal Miner at Work Underground
IDNO:
002265
Title:
Tunnel to Main Entry at Fire Creek
Date:
1876
Description:
Men outside of the entrance to the mine at Fire Creek.
IDNO:
002301
Title:
Coal Official Shaking Hands with Miners During a Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Coal official shaking hands with miners
IDNO:
002427
Title:
Coal Officials and Miners, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Group of miners and coal officials outside of mine building during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
IDNO:
002428
Title:
Miner Talking with Two Coal Officials, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Miner talking with two coal officials during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
IDNO:
002431
Title:
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Three miners watch a line of coal officials entering a room during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
IDNO:
002433
Title:
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Miners entering a room with other miners sitting on benches lining the walls during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
IDNO:
002435
Title:
Miners' Locker Room, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Miners locker room during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
IDNO:
002472
Title:
Survivors of an Explosion in McIntyre, Pa.
Date:
1940/12/31
Description:
Group portratit of 'Five miners who lived to tell the story'
IDNO:
002490
Title:
Mine Safety Team, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Group portrait of a mine safety team at Thomas, W. Va.
IDNO:
002564
Title:
Man Trip to the Working Face
Date:
ca. 1939
Description:
Miners in cars about to go down to the pit. Photograph courtesy of the Farm Security Administration.
IDNO:
002581
Title:
Coal Cars Exiting a Mine
Description:
A miner operates a cart full of coal exiting the mine.
IDNO:
002585
Title:
Coal Miners Entering Mine, 'The Man Trip'
Description:
'West Virginia coal miners entering 'the bowels of the earth' to produce fuel for the defense of the Nation. The State supplies more than a quarter of the Nation's total production of coal.' Courtesy of W. Va. Dept of Labor.
IDNO:
002620
Title:
Miners Relaxing at Jamison No. 9 Mine
Description:
Group of miners sitting on benches relaxing.
IDNO:
002621
Title:
Edison Self Service Lamp Room at the Jamison No. 9 Mine
IDNO:
002622
Title:
Day Shift Miners Leaving the Elevator at Jamison No. 9 Mine
IDNO:
002625
Title:
Interior of a Coal Mine
Description:
Miners and filled coal cars inside a mine.
IDNO:
002626
Title:
Miners and Equipment Inside a Coal Mine
Description:
Miners talking while others run drilling equipment.
IDNO:
002647
Title:
Shot Down Coal at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9
Description:
Miner works on pile of shot down coal.
IDNO:
002649
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas
IDNO:
002650
Title:
Miner Roof Bolting
IDNO:
002651
Title:
Miner Placing a Charge
IDNO:
002653
Title:
Loaded Mine Car
Description:
'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.'
IDNO:
002655
Title:
Miners Preparing to Shoot Down Coal
Description:
'White Oak preparation begins when the machine leaves and the miner is ready to shoot down his coal. The shooting inspector on the left has not only located the hole for the miner to drill, but instructed him as to what angle he must bore his hole to contain the necessary explosive used in dislodging the coal from the seam. The "kerf" made by cutting machine is plainly visible in this picture and you will note the cutting or "bug dust" have been removed before the coal is shot. The length of the auger used by the miner and the width of the bit which determines the size of the hole bored, is also carefully regulated.'
IDNO:
002656
Title:
Miners at Work
Description:
'Note the wooden mine car. It is of the Barnestown shaft which was the first shaft, of 100 feet in depth, in the valley.'
IDNO:
002658
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas in Jamison No. 9 Mine
Date:
1954/10/05
IDNO:
002675
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine
Description:
Two miners operating a loading machine.
IDNO:
002720
Title:
Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine
IDNO:
002722
Title:
Miner Operating a Joy Cutting Machine
Description:
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company mine.
IDNO:
002759
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 3
IDNO:
002768
Title:
Safety Day Is Important
Date:
ca. 1920-1940
Description:
Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.
IDNO:
002771
Title:
Miners Riding Safety Man-Trip Cars in Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine
IDNO:
002808
Title:
Safety Posts
Date:
undated
Description:
Miner sitting in between posts that hold the roof of the mine up. 'Safety First is stressed in every possible way at White Oak mines. Note the posts to protect this man at his labor. He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his working place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night, ready for him to work tomorrow.'
IDNO:
002809
Title:
Miners in Safety Class
Date:
1965
Description:
Group of miners in a safety class.
IDNO:
002828
Title:
Coal Miners' Locker Room
Description:
Miners taking their clothes down in their locker room.
IDNO:
002829
Title:
Anniversary Picnic at Eagle Mine
Date:
1925
Description:
Group portrait of miners with families at the anniversary picnic at Clark Coal and Coke Eagle Mine.
IDNO:
002839
Title:
New River Coal Company Employee Orchestra
Date:
ca. 1930-1940
Description:
Group of people with instruments. 'Many NRC towns had own orchestras.'