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Three unidentified coal miners are pictured inside a mine with shovels and an oil lamp.

1. Coal Mining likely in Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
052304
Title:
Coal Mining likely in Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Description:
Three unidentified coal miners are pictured inside a mine with shovels and an oil lamp.
Two oxen are hooked to a cart carrying coal inside of a mine.

2. Oxen Hauling Coal at Crumpler Mine, McDowell County, W. Va.

IDNO:
052160
Title:
Oxen Hauling Coal at Crumpler Mine, McDowell County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Two oxen are hooked to a cart carrying coal inside of a mine.
Four unidentified men shovel coal.

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

IDNO:
052040
Title:
Miners Working at a Coal Mine Likely Somewhere in West Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
Four unidentified men shovel coal.
Coal miners push a large machine on tracks in an unknown mine likely in West Virginia.

4. Miners Push a Mining Machine Along Tracks in an Unknown Mine

IDNO:
050464
Title:
Miners Push a Mining Machine Along Tracks in an Unknown Mine
Date:
undated
Description:
Coal miners push a large machine on tracks in an unknown mine likely in West Virginia.

5. Coal Miners in Tunnel Near Entrance to Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
047558
Title:
Coal Miners in Tunnel Near Entrance to Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1946/04/11

6. Miners Pose for Photograph in Tunnel of Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
047557
Title:
Miners Pose for Photograph in Tunnel of Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.
Date:
1946/04/11

7. Oxen Pull Coal Cart Down Track Through Very Low Ceiling Section of Unidentified Mine

IDNO:
047068
Title:
Oxen Pull Coal Cart Down Track Through Very Low Ceiling Section of Unidentified Mine
Date:
Undated

8. Support Beams Inside of Killarney Mine, Owned By Lillybrook Coal Co., Killarney, W. Va.

IDNO:
047046
Title:
Support Beams Inside of Killarney Mine, Owned By Lillybrook Coal Co., Killarney, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
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.

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

IDNO:
047037
Title:
Coal Mine Trapper Boy, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
1908
Description:
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.
Published by Grafton Souvenir. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

10. Interior of a Coal Mine in W. Va.

IDNO:
044577
Title:
Interior of a Coal Mine in W. Va.
Description:
Published by Grafton Souvenir. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

11. Miners at Work Inside the Mine at Maidsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
034100
Title:
Miners at Work Inside the Mine at Maidsville, W. Va.
Date:
1934-1940

12. Miner with a Horse Down in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company, Maidsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
034099
Title:
Miner with a Horse Down in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company, Maidsville, W. Va.
Date:
1934-1940

13. Miner in a Shuttle Car

IDNO:
033521
Title:
Miner in a Shuttle Car
Men watch as teams participate in safety and rescue training exercises.

14. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002784
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Men watch as teams participate in safety and rescue training exercises.
Conveyor and other machinery at a shop in Thomas, W. Va.

15. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002742
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Conveyor and other machinery at a shop in Thomas, W. Va.

16. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002731
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

17. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002726
Title:
Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

18. Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine

IDNO:
002720
Title:
Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine
Continuous mining machine at work.

19. Continuous Miner in a Tunnel Approximately 4 Feet High

IDNO:
002714
Title:
Continuous Miner in a Tunnel Approximately 4 Feet High
Description:
Continuous mining machine at work.

20. Loading Machine Discharges Coal into Shuttle Car

IDNO:
002700
Title:
Loading Machine Discharges Coal into Shuttle Car
Date:
undated

21. Electric Shuttle Car at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002698
Title:
Electric Shuttle Car at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

22. Inter-Floor Lift at Jamison Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002689
Title:
Inter-Floor Lift at Jamison Mine No. 9
Jamison No. 9 Mine shaft with a tensioning device on a cable.

23. Rock Dusted Mine Shaft at Jamison No. 9

IDNO:
002688
Title:
Rock Dusted Mine Shaft at Jamison No. 9
Description:
Jamison No. 9 Mine shaft with a tensioning device on a cable.

24. ITE Circuit Breaker at Jamison Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002687
Title:
ITE Circuit Breaker at Jamison Mine No. 9

25. Diaphram Pump at Jamison Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002685
Title:
Diaphram Pump at Jamison Mine No. 9
Mine car traveling through the mine.

26. Mine Car

IDNO:
002684
Title:
Mine Car
Description:
Mine car traveling through the mine.

27. Coal Shuttle in Jamison Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002683
Title:
Coal Shuttle in Jamison Mine No. 9
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

28. Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002682
Title:
Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine
Description:
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

29. Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002681
Title:
Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine
Description:
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

30. Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002680
Title:
Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine
Description:
Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.
Overcast, where two air currents cross in a mine, at the Jamison Mine No. 9 shaft bottom.

31. Overcast in Jamison No. 9 Mine Shaft Bottom

IDNO:
002679
Title:
Overcast in Jamison No. 9 Mine Shaft Bottom
Description:
Overcast, where two air currents cross in a mine, at the Jamison Mine No. 9 shaft bottom.

32. Cavalier No. 206 Mine, Elkhorn No. 3 Seam Showing Top and Bottom Bend

IDNO:
002678
Title:
Cavalier No. 206 Mine, Elkhorn No. 3 Seam Showing Top and Bottom Bend
Shows timber roof-support and mine railway track.

33. Elkhorn No. 3 Seam, Mine 206, Kentucky

IDNO:
002677
Title:
Elkhorn No. 3 Seam, Mine 206, Kentucky
Description:
Shows timber roof-support and mine railway track.
Coal car tracks inside of the mine.

34. Tracks in an Underground Mine

IDNO:
002676
Title:
Tracks in an Underground Mine
Description:
Coal car tracks inside of the mine.
Two miners operating a loading machine.

35. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

IDNO:
002675
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine
Description:
Two miners operating a loading machine.

36. Miner Testing for Gas in Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002658
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas in Jamison No. 9 Mine
Date:
1954/10/05
Miners using a machine to bolt the mine roof.

37. Roof Bolting in Pursglove No. 15 Coal Mine

IDNO:
002657
Title:
Roof Bolting in Pursglove No. 15 Coal Mine
Description:
Miners using a machine to bolt the mine roof.
'Note the wooden mine car. It is of the Barnestown shaft which was the first shaft, of 100 feet in depth, in the valley.'

38. Miners at Work

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.'
'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.'

39. Miners Preparing to Shoot Down Coal

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.'

40. Miner Testing for Gas at Consol. No. 32 Mine

IDNO:
002654
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas at Consol. No. 32 Mine
Date:
1957
'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.'

41. Loaded Mine Car

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.'

42. Coal on Belt at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002652
Title:
Coal on Belt at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

43. Miner Placing a Charge

IDNO:
002651
Title:
Miner Placing a Charge

44. Miner Roof Bolting

IDNO:
002650
Title:
Miner Roof Bolting

45. Miner Testing for Gas

IDNO:
002649
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas
J.P. McGee, Acting Research Director, and Jack Smith, in Charge of the Gas Turbine Development Project discuss proper positioning of the turbine rotor in its casing.

46. Proper Positioning of the Turbine Rotor in Its Casing

IDNO:
002648
Title:
Proper Positioning of the Turbine Rotor in Its Casing
Date:
1960-1970
Description:
J.P. McGee, Acting Research Director, and Jack Smith, in Charge of the Gas Turbine Development Project discuss proper positioning of the turbine rotor in its casing.
Miner works on pile of shot down coal.

47. Shot Down Coal at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002647
Title:
Shot Down Coal at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9
Description:
Miner works on pile of shot down coal.

48. Area Worked by Coal Cutters

IDNO:
002646
Title:
Area Worked by Coal Cutters