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Group portrait taken at Thomas, W. Va. of a group of miners standing next to a Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines Train.

1. Miners Stand Next to a Department of the Interior, Bureau of MinesTrain at Thomas, W. Va.

Dynamite and cap box with lid shut.

2. Dynamite Box

Railcar loaded with the dynamite and cap box.

3. Dynamite and Cap Car

Coal tinder box with can of coal inside at Thomas, W. Va.

4. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

Coal tinder box with can of coal beside it. Taken at Thomas, W. Va.

5. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

Coal tinder box on its side.

6. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

The bottom of a dynamite and cap box.

7. Dynamite Box

Open coal tinder box. Taken at Thomas, W. Va.

8. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

9. Miners Moving a Dynamite Box

10. Mine Rescue Box

11. Mine Rescue Box

Picture of a mine Rescue Box tilted up with the lid open to see inside. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

12. Mine Rescue Box

Picture of a mine Rescue Box tilted forward with its lid open so you can see inside. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

13. Mine Rescue Box

Pipeline cross section.

14. Pipeline

Open lid, possibly to a dynamite box.

15. Dynamite Box Lid

Front of a dynamite and cap box on its side with one lid open and one partially closed.

16. Dynamite Box

Railcars for hauling dynamite and blasting caps.

17. Dynamite and Cap Car

Railcar for hauling dynamite and blasting caps.

18. Dynamite and Cap Car

Coal cars loaded by the Flynn Lumber Company, Nicholas County, Sewell Coal.

19. Coal Cars Loaded by the Flynn Lumber Company, Sewell Coal, Nicholas County

Coal cars loaded by Flynn Lumber Company, Sewell Coal, Nicholas County.

20. Coal Cars Loaded by the Flynn Lumber Company, Sewell Coal, Nicholas County

View showing split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway grade .5 mile south of Slab Fork.

21. Split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway Grade One Half Mile South of Slab Fork

Group of people with helmets on in mine cars getting ready to go on a tour of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

22. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

The 'First Coal Town Museum' seated at the bottom a hill.  A small bridge spans a rock ledge adjacent the entrance of the museum.

23. Nation's First Coal Town Museum

Tour group entering the mine shaft of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

24. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

Picture of a group of people getting ready to take a tour of the Hutchinson Family Mine.

25. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

26. Strip Mining with Bulldozers in Mason County, West Virginia

Picture of the slots inside a dynamite box used to hold the sticks of dynamite. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

27. Dynamite Box

Picture of a coal tinder box on its side. Picture taken at Thomas, W. Va.

28. Coal Tinder Box, Thomas, W. Va.

Piles of coal in various sizes.  In front reads a sign 'Authorized Dealer, Hanna Blue Grass, Kentucky Coal' next to a very large chunk of coal.

29. Piles of Hanna Blue Grass Kentucky Coal

Group of people in coal cars outside of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

30. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

A pile of coal with large chunks sitting in the yard of a coal processing plant.

31. Coal Awaiting Processing

Group of people in coal cars outside of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

32. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

Open dynamite box showing the slots for the dynamite.

33. Dynamite Box

One large basket with two smaller ones on each side that read 'A bushel basket holds the ash from a ton of White Oak smokeless coal.'

34. Bushel Basket Holds the Ash from a Ton of White Oak Smokeless Coal

Snow covered mountains in the distance.

35. Snow Covered Mountains

A clipping from the back of a map, showing a fossilized tree stump in a coal bed.

36. Fossil Tree Stump In Coal Bed

Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.  Trolley car in the foreground.

37. Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.

Men stand on the porch of the Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.

38. Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va.

A man stands in the mining shaft holding an instrument to test the gas levels in the mine.

39. Testing for Gas in a Pittsburgh Seam Coal Mine

Group portrait of a posse of men sent after a murderer on April 30, 1912.

40. Posse After Murderer

This is the first railroad bituminous coal mine in America.  It was at Elkhart, Maryland, between Cumberland and Frostburg.  Opened in 1842, when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered Cumberland.

41. First Railroad Bituminous Mine in United States at Elkhart, Maryland

Pile of coal in a storage bin.

42. Coal Storage Bin

Plan for modified longwall mining with a German coal planer (Plow) in the Pocahontas No. 3 coal bed, Keystone, West Virginia. Credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.

43. Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer (Plow) in the Pocahontas No. 3 Coalbed, Keystone, W. Va.

Plan for modified longwall mining with a German coal planer. Text on back reads, 'Progress report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va.' If picture is used for publication please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Deptartment of Interior.

44. Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer

Group portrait of coal miners in Price Hill, W. Va.

45. Coal Miners, Price Hill, W. Va.

This sketch shows men, a women and children walking to work.  John Williams/ Coal Life Project.  Rijksmuseumkrller-Mller, Otterlo(G.) Copyright Holland.

46. Coal Miners on their Way to the Mines by Vincent Van Gogh

Filled coal cars at the Lochgelly Mine in Fayette County, W. Va.

47. Loading Coal Cars at Lochgelly Mine, Fayette County, W. Va.

Jackhorn five inch lock coal with an automobile in the background.

48. Jackhorn Five Inch Block Coal

Jackhorn Furnace coal with a tennis ball placed among the blocks.

49. Jackhorn Mine Furnace Coal, Tennis Ball Size

Pile of Jackhorn five inch block coal.

50. Jackhorn Five Inch Block Coal

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.

51. Coal Miners by Van Gogh

Piles of Jackhorn 5 inch block coal.

52. Jackhorn Mine Five Inch Block Coal

Kelly's Creek Colliery next to railroad.

53. Kelly's Creek Colliery Building

54. Coal Storage Bin

Loaded coal cars on the railraod.

55. Loaded Coal Cars

Bridge over a valley leading to a mine entrance.

56. Bridge to Mine Entrance

57. Miner Explaining Coal Conveyor to Group on a Mine Tour

58. Visitors Riding Mine Cars Into Mine

59. Charles Harry Higinbotham, Superintendent of Mines, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal at Owings, Harrison County, W. Va.

An interior view of a typical mine prior to introduction of modern mechanical machines and loaders.  Coal miners used picks and shovels to remove the "black gold" from beneath the West Virginia hills.

60. Early West Virginia Coal Mine

61. Coal Mine Entrance and Buildings at Rosemont, Near Astor, W. Va.

62. Rosemont Coal Company, Rosemont, W. Va.

'Delmar #4 opening just left of top of the hill; Rt. 76 in background; Rosemont to the right Bridgeport to left; photo taken from bottom of tipple.'

63. Coal Cars at Rosemont, W. Va.

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

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

A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md.  The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia.  This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft.  Last worked in 1918.  The plant dismantled.

65. Trees and Plants on Scotch Hill Coal Property, Preston County, West Virginia

A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md.  The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia.  This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft.  Last worked in 1918.  The plant dismantled.

66. Sealed Mine Shaft, Preston County, West Virginia

A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md.  The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia.  This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft.  Last worked in 1918.  The plant dismantled.  Shown here is an opening of the shaft 14 x 24 ft. covered by reinforced concrete slab.

67. Reinforced Concrete Slab Covering Mine Shaft Opening, Preston County, West Virginia

A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md.  The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia.  This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft.  Last worked in 1918.  The plant dismantled.  Shown here is an opening of the shaft 14 x 24 ft. covered by reinforced concrete slab.

68. Reinforced Concrete Slab Covering Mine Shaft Opening, Preston County, West Virginia

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

69. View of Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

70. View Looking Toward Headhouse from Main Mine Opening, Mine Number 3

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

71. View Looking Up at Headhouse, Mine Number 3

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

72. View Looking Toward Mine Opening from Headhouse at Mine Number 3

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

73. View Looking Toward Mine Opening from Headhouse at Mine Number 3

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

74. Lower Tipple at Mine Number 3

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

75. Snow Covered Building at Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

76. Snow Piled high at Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

77. Cars Stuck in the Snow at Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

78. Locomotive Clearing Snow from Tracks near Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

79. Snow Covered Building at Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

80. Locomotive Pushing Snow near Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

81. Tramway at Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

82. Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

83. Miners Standing on the Tramway at Mine Number 4

Mine could possibly be in Bergoo or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

84. Aerial View of Mine Number 4

Mine is located in Bergoo Webster County, W. Va.

85. Railroad Tipple at Mine Number 5

Mine is located in Bergoo, Webster County, W. Va.

86. Lower Tipple at Mine Number 5

Mine is located in Bergoo Webster County, W. Va.

87. View Looking Toward Hoist House From Headhouse at Mine Number 5

Mine is located in Bergoo, Webster County, W. Va.

88. Fan House at Mine Number 5

89. Unidentified Man Beside his Car in the Snow

This mine could possibly be located in Bergoo, or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

90. Snow Plow Clearing the Road at Point Mt. Near Mine Number 4

91. Unidentified Man Beside his Car in the Snow

This mine could possibly be located in Bergoo, or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

92. View of Valley and Coal Mine Number 2

This mine could possibly be located in Bergoo, or Bolair, Webster County, W. Va.

93. Mine Number 4

94. Creap's Mine

95. Coal Tipple

96. Rosedale Coal Company Tipple in Maidsville, W. Va.