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Rescue box with lid open to see inside contents.

1. Miner's Rescue Box

IDNO:
002821
Title:
Miner's Rescue Box
Description:
Rescue box with lid open to see inside contents.
Safety float of the New River Coal and Coke Co. on the Fourth of July. Floats with safety themes highlighted many parades in Fayette and Raleigh Counties.

2. New River Coal Company Safety Float at Mt. Hope, W. Va.

IDNO:
002810
Title:
New River Coal Company Safety Float at Mt. Hope, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Safety float of the New River Coal and Coke Co. on the Fourth of July. Floats with safety themes highlighted many parades in Fayette and Raleigh Counties.
Group of miners in a safety class.

3. Miners in Safety Class

IDNO:
002809
Title:
Miners in Safety Class
Date:
1965
Description:
Group of miners in a safety class.
Miner sitting in between posts that hold the roof of the mine up. 'Safety First is stressed in every possible way at White Oak mines. Note the posts to protect this man at his labor. He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his working place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night, ready for him to work tomorrow.'

4. Safety Posts

IDNO:
002808
Title:
Safety Posts
Date:
undated
Description:
Miner sitting in between posts that hold the roof of the mine up. 'Safety First is stressed in every possible way at White Oak mines. Note the posts to protect this man at his labor. He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his working place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night, ready for him to work tomorrow.'
Two pictures of a miner retracking a mine car. Left is the safe way to retrack, right is the unsafe way to retrack.

5. Methods for Retracking Mine Cars

IDNO:
002806
Title:
Methods for Retracking Mine Cars
Description:
Two pictures of a miner retracking a mine car. Left is the safe way to retrack, right is the unsafe way to retrack.
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

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

IDNO:
002805
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

7. Fire Engine at Jamison No. 9

IDNO:
002804
Title:
Fire Engine at Jamison No. 9
Fire boss board at Jamison Mine No. 9.

8. Fire Boss Report Board at Jamison Mine No. 9

IDNO:
002803
Title:
Fire Boss Report Board at Jamison Mine No. 9
Description:
Fire boss board at Jamison Mine No. 9.
Four pictures showing the proper and wrong ways to scotch and clean under cages.

9. Safety Procedures for Scotching and Cleaning Under Cage

IDNO:
002802
Title:
Safety Procedures for Scotching and Cleaning Under Cage
Description:
Four pictures showing the proper and wrong ways to scotch and clean under cages.
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures on a practice victim.

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

IDNO:
002801
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures on a practice victim.
Rescue box with lid open to see contents inside.

11. Miner's Rescue Box

IDNO:
002800
Title:
Miner's Rescue Box
Date:
undated
Description:
Rescue box with lid open to see contents inside.
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures.

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

IDNO:
002799
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures.
Crowds watch groups of men rehearsing mine safety procedures.

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

IDNO:
002798
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Crowds watch groups of men rehearsing mine safety procedures.
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

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

IDNO:
002796
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch near parking area.

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

IDNO:
002795
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch near parking area.
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

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

IDNO:
002794
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.

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

IDNO:
002793
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Group of men rehearsing mine safety procedures as crowds watch.
Safety First Sign on metal framing at coal mine facilities in Thomas, W. Va.

18. Safety First Consideration Sign at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002792
Title:
Safety First Consideration Sign at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
1920/12/08
Description:
Safety First Sign on metal framing at coal mine facilities in Thomas, W. Va.

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

IDNO:
002791
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002790
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002789
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002788
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Men in white uniform work on a practice victim.

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

IDNO:
002787
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1920
Description:
Men in white uniform work on a practice victim.

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

IDNO:
002786
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920