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Four unidentified men shovel coal.

1. 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.

2. 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.
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.

3. 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.

4. Miner in a Shuttle Car

IDNO:
033521
Title:
Miner in a Shuttle Car

5. Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine

IDNO:
002720
Title:
Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine
Two miners operating a loading machine.

6. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

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

7. 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
'Note the wooden mine car. It is of the Barnestown shaft which was the first shaft, of 100 feet in depth, in the valley.'

8. 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.'

9. 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.'
'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.'

10. 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.'

11. Miner Placing a Charge

IDNO:
002651
Title:
Miner Placing a Charge

12. Miner Roof Bolting

IDNO:
002650
Title:
Miner Roof Bolting