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1. Coal Tipple

First overhead bridge. Z.W. Lafon, 711 N. Kana St. Z.W. Lafon last man on right, section foreman and assistant road master.

2. Miners in front of First Overhead Bridge at Mine Entrance

Information on the back of the photograph includes," ... where we lived in Virginia where Uncle Charles Thomas ran an encline."

3. Charles Thomas and Encline, Waiteville, Va.

4. Mining Equipment at Fairmont Machinery Company

5. Garden Ground Tipple

The photo taken in front of Woodburn Hall, Morgantown, W. Va.

6. Class Members of a Short Course in Coal Mining, West Virginia University

7. View of Railroad Tracks Near Mine No. 59, Island Creek Coal Company

8. View of Construction, Mine No. 4, Island Creek Coal Company

9. View of Coal Town Near Mine No. 42, Island Creek Coal Company

10. Workers Near Mine 18, Island Creek Coal Company

11. Machinery, Mine No.2, Island Creek Coal Company

12. View of Construction, Mine No. 4, Island Creek Coal Company

13. Supply Hoist House, Mine No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

14. Supply Hoist House, Mine No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

15. Railroad Tracks Near Mine No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

16. Railroad Tracks and Houses Near Mine No. 17, Island Creek Coal Company

17. Supply Hoist House, Mine No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

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

19. View of Construction, Mine No. 12, Island Creek Coal Company

20. Workers Constructing Mine No. 5, Island Creek Coal Company

21. View of Construction, Mine No. 4, Island Creek Coal Company

22. Temporary Tipple, Island Creek Coal Company

23. View of Construction, Mine No. 44, Island Creek Coal Company

24. View of Construction, Mine No. 12, Island Creek Coal Company

25. View of Coal Cars and Mining Facility, Island Creek Coal Company

26. View of Train Carrying Coal Cars

27. View of Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

28. View of Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

29. View of Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

30. View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company

31. View of Creek Wall Construction, Mine No. 22, Island Creek Coal Company

32. View of Creek Wall Construction, Mine No. 22, Island Creek Coal Company

33. View of Steam Shovel and Mine No. 21, Island Creek Coal Company

34. Supply Shaft, Mine No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

35. Substation No. 7 and 8, Island Creek Coal Company

36. Skip Shaft, No. 22, Island Creek Coal Company

Mine No. 36 tipple beside train tracks.

37. Mine No. 36 Tipple, Thomas, W. Va.

38. View of Coal Conveyor, Pond Creek Pocahontas Company

'Looking east toward bend of river at mile 29.5.  Two coal mines and inclines.'

39. New River

Bone Pickers in a Pocahontas Coalfield tipple, 1933.

40. Bone Pickers in Action at a Pocahontas Coal Field Tipple

Bone Pickers at Pocahontas coalfield tipple, 1933.

41. Bone Pickers in Action at a Pocahontas Coal Field Tipple

42. View of Machinery, Island Creek Coal Company

43. Miner with a Shuttle Car

44. View of Mine and Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

45. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

46. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

47. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 40

48. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 40

Headframe at 11 A.M.

49. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

Headframe at 10 a.m.

50. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 40

Headframe at 10 A.M.

51. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 40

Headframe at 10 A.M.

52. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 40

Headframe at 10 A.M.

53. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 40

54. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

Headframe at 3 PM.

55. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

Headframe at 3 P.M.

56. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

57. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

58. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

59. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

60. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

61. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 38

62. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 40

63. Headframe of Coal Mine No. 40

64. Fence in Flood at the No. 11 Air Shaft

Outside of a flooded building at the No. 11 air shaft.

65. Flood Waters at No. 11 Air Shaft, Harrisburg, Ill.

66. Flood Debris at No. 11 Air Shaft

The remains of a washed out bridge at the No. 11 Air Shaft.

67. Washed Out Bridge at No. 11 Air Shaft

A picture of a pile of cut timber.

68. Logs Used to Shore up Coal Mine Roof, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

69. Logs Used to Shore up Coal Mine Roof, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

70. Mine Entrance, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

71. Mine Entrance, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

72. Mine Entrance, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

A photograph of the entrance to a railroad tunnel.

73. Hillside Mine Entrance, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

74. Hillside Mine Entrance, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

A photograph of fallen rock that appears to have covered a tunnel entrance.

75. Mine Construction Site, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

A pile of logs stacked up in the wilderness.

76. Stack of Lumber, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

A photograph of a hillside of what appears to be a construction site for a railroad.

77. Stripped Hillside, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

A photograph of a hillside and what appears to be a construction site for a railroad.

78. Stripped Hillside, Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company

79. Haulace on 'A' Line, No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

80. Right-O-Way on 'A' Line, No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

81. Pivoting Towers, No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

82. Side View Showing Tunnel for 'T' in Right Side of 'A' Anchor Left Side Same, Island Creek Coal Company

83. Side View of Pivoting Towers, No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

84. View of Tipple Construction, Island Creek Coal Company

85. View from Above of Mine No. 14, Island Creek Coal Company

86. Ferdinand C. Menk Posed at His Desk

87. Ferdinand C. Menk Posed with a Mine Worker

Three professors stand behind a display booth on the left while a student poses beside a large display on the right. Subjects unidentified.

88. West Virginia University Mine Department Display, Morgantown, W. Va.

Two miners drill holes prior to placing charges. 'Holes are bored at proper intervals for shooting.'

89. Miners Drilling Holes

90. Jeffrey Loading Machine Emptying Coal into a New 11-Ton Steel Mine Car at Mine No. 32

Dispatcher in office outside of mine. 'Credit must be given to William Vandivert, and picture is not to be reproduced without written license.'

91. Dispatcher at Mine No. 32

92. View of Mine No. 14, Island Creek Coal Company

93. Mine Workers Near Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

Two miners operate a cutting machine. 'Credit must be given to Willaim Vandivert, 21 East Tenth St., New York 3, N.Y., Not to be reproduced without written liscense.'

94. Cutting Machine in Operation

A very large cutting machine being operated by a miner. 'Credit must be given to William Vandivert, Not to be reproduced without written liscense.

95. Cutting Machine in Operation at Mine No. 32

Three miners hard at work as coal comes down a conveyor.  Copyright Photo by William Vandivert, 21 East Tenth Street, New York 3, N. Y.

96. Mining Coal