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A coal miner at the Cedar Grove Collieries Inc. & Supply Co. mine observes as a loading boom drops coal between the rails into a hopper, which is carried by a conveyor to the river tipple and barges.

1. Loading Booms at Cedar Grove Mine Dropping Coal into Hoppers for Transportation to Kanawha River, Cedar Grove, W. Va.

Two men stand outside of the building beside parked cars.

2. Store, Commissary, Office, and Doctor's Office for Cedar Grove Collieries Inc. & Supply Company

A group of coal miners sort through samples of coal. Subjects unidentified.

3. Coal Miners Sorting Coal, Likely West Virginia

An unidentified coal miner leads the coal cart across the rails.

4. Cable Reel Locomotive Transporting Coal at Lady Dunn Mine

Two unidentified men stand on the railway that leads into the mine entrance.

5. Mine Entrance Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

Miners light up cigarettes and sit on rail cars. Subjects unidentified.

6. Miners Taking a Break after a Hard Day's Work Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

Four unidentified men shovel coal.

7. Miners Working at a Coal Mine Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

A group of coal miners are gathered outside of the mining facilities likely somewhere in West Virginia or Pennsylvania. Subjects unidentified.

8. Coal Miners Taking a Lunch Break

Miners of the Zephyr mine hold on to their wrapped hams in front of a Christmas tree. Subjects unidentified.

9. Miners Receiving Christmas Hams from Federal Consolidated Coal Company

Miners of the Zephyr mine and their wives and children are gathered in front of a Christmas tree. Circled in the photograph is Rush Meadows, a mining engineer and operator from Charleston, W. Va.

10. Miners and their Families Receive Christmas Hams and Presents from the Federal Consolidated Coal Company

Miners of the Zephyr Mine are gathered around a Christmas tree. The man standing on the right side of the tree with a hat and suit is Rush Meadows, a mining engineer and operator from Charleston, W. Va.

11. Miners Given Christmas Hams and Presents from the Federal Consolidated Coal Company

Vance, a 15 years old trapper boy, whose job it was to open and closed the door, allowing mine trains to enter and exit. Vance earned $1.60 a week.

12. Coal Mine Trapper Boy, Harrison County, W. Va.

13. Mine Employees Posed in Front of Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

14. Worker Inside Mine, Island Creek Coal Company

On the back: "Jeeps."

15. Portrait of Mine Workers, Island Creek Coal Company

16. Worker Walking Railroad Track Near Mine No. 14, Island Creek Coal Company

17. Workers Near Mine 18, Island Creek Coal Company

18. View of Coal Conveyors Inside Mine Attended by a Worker

19. Mine Employees Posed by a Jeep

20. Portrait of Mine Employees

21. Ferdinand C. Menk Posed with a Mine Worker

22. Miner with a Shuttle Car

23. Miner on an Electric Cart

24. Miners Entering the Mine on an Electric Cart

25. Miner on an Electric Cart

26. Miners Enter a Low Ceiling Mine on an Electric Cart

27. Miner at Work Underground in a Low Ceiling Coal Mine

28. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

29. Men at Work Outside at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville, IL

30. Coal Loaded in a Shuttle Car

31. Miners Cutting Timber to Shore up the Walls of a Mine

32. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

33. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

34. Miners Roof Bolting

35. Miners Roof Bolting

36. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

37. Coal Miner Works in Tight Quarters

38. Miners Shoring up Ceiling of a Coal Mine

39. Shuttle Car Carrying Timber in the Mine

40. Miner on an Electric Cart

41. Miner Operating a Cutting Machine

42. Miner at Work in a Low Ceiling Coal Mine

43. Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

44. Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

45. Miner in a Shuttle Car

A view of miners on carts.

46. Miners at Work

47. Miner Operating a Coal Cutting Machine

48. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

49. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

50. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

51. Miner Operates a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

52. Miner Operates a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

53. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

A photograph of coal miners working in a mine. 'Island Creek Coal Sales Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; The following cars of Pocahontas coal were shipped today for account of; 4-Point Pocahontas Coal'

54. Coal Miners at Work

55. Miner and Coal Mine Exhaust Fan

56. Mine Rescue Crewman

Possibly WVU faculty.

57. Miners and Mining Officials

A photograph of two miners in a mine with a piece of equipment.

58. Miners with Drilling Equipment

59. Coal Miners at No. 4 Mine Entrance

60. Coal Mine Workers

61. Coal Miners

Photo from WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

62. Coal Train Approaching Mine Entrance Tunnel

Five workers and little boy sitting together.

63. Photograph from Joe Ozanic Scrapbook

Three men construct wooden forms for a driveway in the Miner's Cemetery in Mt. Olive, Ill.

64. Volunteer Workers Constructing a Driveway at the Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Ill.

Three men build wooden forms for a driveway through the Miner's Cemetery in Mt. Olive, Illinois.

65. Volunteer Workers Constructing a Driveway at the Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Ill.

Men work on the fence at the Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Illinois.

66. Moving the Fence at the Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Illinois

Men work on a fence at the Union Miner's Cemetery.

67. Moving the Fence at the Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Illinois

Plaque says 'The Resting Place of Real Union People.'

68. Plaque on Archway at the Entrance to the Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Illinois

69. Entrance to Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Ill.

70. Entrance to Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Ill.

71. Plaque at Miners Cemetery

Miner shoveling coal as it pours into a coal car.

72. Loading Coal Cars

73. Miner Walking on Tracks Between Coal Cars

Man walking on a train track beside two other tracks with coal cars on them.

74. Miner Walking Along Tracks Next to Coal Carts

Men carrying cans along track with coal cars.

75. Miner Walking Past Loaded Coal Cars

76. Miner Inspecting Coal Cars Exiting the Mine

'This miner has just completed loading a mine oar of coal 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 oar.  An industrious miner will load about six and sometimes eight of these oars in one day.  This is a wooden mine car that is now being rapidly replaced by steel mine car equipment.  The number of posts shown in this picture indi- again [sic] the immense amount of timber required to conduct operations in a safe manner.'

77. Miner and Loaded Mine Car

Miners sit and stand outside of the New River Coal Company Prudence No. 1 Mine located 4 miles from Thurmond, Fayette County, W. Va. '1906 or after.'

78. Miners Outside New River Coal Company No. 1 Mine at Prudence, W. Va.

79. Miners Boarding Shuttle Car

Miners on the K. G. J. & E. tunnel construction crew stand at the tunnel entrance between Mt. Hope and Pax, W. Va.

80. Kanawha Glen Jean and Eastern Railroad Tunnel Construction Crew Working on Tunnel between Mt. Hope and Pax, W. Va.

'Group of strikers sent to the Penitentiary by the Military Court, and who testified before the United States Senate Committee.'

81. Mug Shots of Striking Miners

Miners crowd the streets and cross a metal bridge in a large parade. Many hold U. M. W. of A. signs.

82. Miners' Parade

A group of miners is sitting and standing next to a train.

83. Miners Next to Train

Picture of an evicted coal miner with his belongings.

84. Evicted Coal Miner

Reverend Lee Klaer, top of photo at right

85. Klaer, Reverend Lee with Group of Miners

People are mingling between the barracks.

86. Striking Miners and their Families

87. Miners Sharing Chow during a Strike

88. Children and Adults Outside Barracks

89. Miners and Family Members Pose in the Mud Between Rows of Barracks

90. Striking Miners' Families during the Irwin Strike

91. Miner's Families in front of Barracks at Lewistown, W. Va.

92. Striking Miners Pose with an American Flag in front of a Tent

Unidentified group of miners and their families marching in a parade.

93. Miners Marching in a Parade

94. Miner's Families in Front of Barracks

95. Miners and Their Families In Front of Barracks

96. Miners and Family Members in front of Their Barracks