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'Coal at all White Oak shafts mines is handled on self dumping cages, which handle the coal uniformly and with a minimum of breakage. Note how evenly the coal is flowing from the mine car. Much more rapid of course than the picture indicates, but it shows how well designed the equipment must be to handle the coal in such splendid manner.'

1. Self Dumping Cages

IDNO:
002708
Title:
Self Dumping Cages
Description:
'Coal at all White Oak shafts mines is handled on self dumping cages, which handle the coal uniformly and with a minimum of breakage. Note how evenly the coal is flowing from the mine car. Much more rapid of course than the picture indicates, but it shows how well designed the equipment must be to handle the coal in such splendid manner.'

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

IDNO:
002715
Title:
Jeffrey Loading Machine Emptying Coal into a New 11-Ton Steel Mine Car at Mine No. 32
Date:
1946/01/19

3. Loading Coal in an Unidentified MIne

IDNO:
002716
Title:
Loading Coal in an Unidentified MIne
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

4. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

IDNO:
002717
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded
Description:
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.
Shuttle car in an underground mine, loaded with coal.

5. Loaded Shuttle Car

IDNO:
002719
Title:
Loaded Shuttle Car
Description:
Shuttle car in an underground mine, loaded with coal.
Pile of coal at the end of a conveyor.

6. Coal Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002761
Title:
Coal Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Pile of coal at the end of a conveyor.
'Loading [sic] from heading to face conveying on 9% grade to boom, coal wet; distance to face 174 feet; flight type boom; Note: up until the time of taking pictures A-1-A-2-3&4 no jacks were set to support conveyor or drive.'

7. Coal on Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002762
Title:
Coal on Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
'Loading [sic] from heading to face conveying on 9% grade to boom, coal wet; distance to face 174 feet; flight type boom; Note: up until the time of taking pictures A-1-A-2-3&4 no jacks were set to support conveyor or drive.'
'View from point at which scraper was working; looking through conveyor to heading a distance of 300 ft.'

8. Conveyor Filled with Coal at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002765
Title:
Conveyor Filled with Coal at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
'View from point at which scraper was working; looking through conveyor to heading a distance of 300 ft.'