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337. Mine Employees Posed in Front of Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

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.

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

Coal miners push a large machine on tracks in an unknown mine likely in West Virginia.

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

Miners of the Zephyr Mine are gathered around a Christmas tree. The man standing on the right side of the tree with a hat and suit is Rush Meadows, a mining engineer and operator from Charleston, W. Va.

340. Miners Given Christmas Hams and Presents from the Federal Consolidated Coal Company

Miners of the Zephyr mine and their wives and children are gathered in front of a Christmas tree. Circled in the photograph is Rush Meadows, a mining engineer and operator from Charleston, W. Va.

341. Miners and their Families Receive Christmas Hams and Presents from the Federal Consolidated Coal Company

Miners of the Zephyr mine hold on to their wrapped hams in front of a Christmas tree. Subjects unidentified.

342. Miners Receiving Christmas Hams from Federal Consolidated Coal Company

A group of coal miners are gathered outside of the mining facilities likely somewhere in West Virginia or Pennsylvania. Subjects unidentified.

343. Coal Miners Taking a Lunch Break

Four unidentified men shovel coal.

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

Miners light up cigarettes and sit on rail cars. Subjects unidentified.

345. Miners Taking a Break after a Hard Day's Work Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

Two unidentified men stand on the railway that leads into the mine entrance.

346. Mine Entrance Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

An unidentified coal miner leads the coal cart across the rails.

347. Cable Reel Locomotive Transporting Coal at Lady Dunn Mine

A group of coal miners sort through samples of coal. Subjects unidentified.

348. Coal Miners Sorting Coal, Likely West Virginia

Two men stand outside of the building beside parked cars.

349. Store, Commissary, Office, and Doctor's Office for Cedar Grove Collieries Inc. & Supply Company

A coal miner at the Cedar Grove Collieries Inc. & Supply Co. mine observes as a loading boom drops coal between the rails into a hopper, which is carried by a conveyor to the river tipple and barges.

350. Loading Booms at Cedar Grove Mine Dropping Coal into Hoppers for Transportation to Kanawha River, Cedar Grove, W. Va.

Five unidentified miners pose beside a truck loaded with coal.

351. Alaska Coal Company Miners Somewhere in Pennsylvania

Two men ride on engine hauling loaded coal cars out of mine/

352. Loaded Coal Cars

Man poses on top of engine hauling loaded coal cars.

353. Loaded Coal Car