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1. Students in Mine Safety Gear in Front of Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University

IDNO:
019320
Title:
Students in Mine Safety Gear in Front of Mechanical Hall II, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1912-1913
Members of the First Aid group are lined up with their hard hat lights shining at midnight on August 24, 1934.

2. New River and Winding Gulf Mining Institute First Aid Meet at R.M.G. Ball Park, Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
017232
Title:
New River and Winding Gulf Mining Institute First Aid Meet at R.M.G. Ball Park, Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
1934/08/24
Description:
Members of the First Aid group are lined up with their hard hat lights shining at midnight on August 24, 1934.
Man properly carrying prop and setting safety timber.

3. Miner Setting Safety Timber

IDNO:
003112
Title:
Miner Setting Safety Timber
Description:
Man properly carrying prop and setting safety timber.
Two miners dust the rocks at Consol Mine No. 207 for safety.

4. Rock Dusting at Consol. Mine No. 207

IDNO:
003051
Title:
Rock Dusting at Consol. Mine No. 207
Description:
Two miners dust the rocks at Consol Mine No. 207 for safety.
Miners ride out of the mine in Boswell safety cars.

5. Boswell Safety Car, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
003026
Title:
Boswell Safety Car, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Miners ride out of the mine in Boswell safety cars.
Two miners dust the side walls of Mine No. 207 for safety.

6. Rock Dusting for Safety at Consol Mine No. 207

IDNO:
003011
Title:
Rock Dusting for Safety at Consol Mine No. 207
Description:
Two miners dust the side walls of Mine No. 207 for safety.
'Safety first is stressed in every possible way in White Oak mines. Note the posts set to protect this man at his labor. He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his work place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night ready for him to work tomorrow.'

7. Miner Waiting for Mine Car

IDNO:
002963
Title:
Miner Waiting for Mine Car
Description:
'Safety first is stressed in every possible way in White Oak mines. Note the posts set to protect this man at his labor. He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his work place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night ready for him to work tomorrow.'
Group portrait of an inspection party on horses at Consolidation Mine No. 214.

8. Inspection Party at Consolidation Mine No. 214

IDNO:
002825
Title:
Inspection Party at Consolidation Mine No. 214
Date:
1916/06/16
Description:
Group portrait of an inspection party on horses at Consolidation Mine No. 214.
Group portrait of an inspection party at Consolidation Mine No. 204.

9. Inspection Party at Consolidation Mine No. 204

IDNO:
002824
Title:
Inspection Party at Consolidation Mine No. 204
Date:
1916/06/15
Description:
Group portrait of an inspection party at Consolidation Mine No. 204.
Rescue box with lid open to see inside contents.

10. Miner's Rescue Box

IDNO:
002821
Title:
Miner's Rescue Box
Description:
Rescue box with lid open to see inside contents.
Man standing in first aid room with various equipment on top of table.

11. First Aid Room at Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

IDNO:
002820
Title:
First Aid Room at Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine
Description:
Man standing in first aid room with various equipment on top of table.
Group portrait of men, some in rescue attire, standing in front of the mine rescue car.

12. Mine Rescue Car

IDNO:
002817
Title:
Mine Rescue Car
Date:
1920/06
Description:
Group portrait of men, some in rescue attire, standing in front of the mine rescue car.
First aid toom with chair and table.

13. First Aid Room at Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

IDNO:
002816
Title:
First Aid Room at Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine
Description:
First aid toom with chair and table.
State Mine rescue station at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

14. State Mine Rescue Station at Jamison No. 9, Farmington

IDNO:
002814
Title:
State Mine Rescue Station at Jamison No. 9, Farmington
Description:
State Mine rescue station at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.
Mr. McDowell, first from left, and the Miners Rescue team at Thomas, W. Va.

15. Mine Rescue Team at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002813
Title:
Mine Rescue Team at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Mr. McDowell, first from left, and the Miners Rescue team at Thomas, W. Va.
Outside view of the Carlisle Mine Rescue Station with a man standing in the doorway.

16. Carlisle Mine Rescue Station

IDNO:
002812
Title:
Carlisle Mine Rescue Station
Description:
Outside view of the Carlisle Mine Rescue Station with a man standing in the doorway.
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.

17. 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.

18. 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.'

19. 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.'
Men practicing first aid techniques at Beall High School in Frostburg.

20. First Aid Meeting at Beall High School, Frostburg, Md.

IDNO:
002807
Title:
First Aid Meeting at Beall High School, Frostburg, Md.
Date:
1930/06
Description:
Men practicing first aid techniques at Beall High School in Frostburg.
Two pictures of a miner retracking a mine car. Left is the safe way to retrack, right is the unsafe way to retrack.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. Fire Engine at Jamison No. 9

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

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. 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.

39. 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.

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

IDNO:
002786
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Men in white uniforms watch mine safety exercises.

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

IDNO:
002785
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Men in white uniforms watch mine safety exercises.
Men watch as teams participate in safety and rescue training exercises.

42. 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.

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

IDNO:
002783
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002782
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1920

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

IDNO:
002781
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002780
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1920

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

IDNO:
002779
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002778
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002777
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002776
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002775
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920

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

IDNO:
002774
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Man speaks into a microphone on a platform. Other men standing on platform.

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

IDNO:
002773
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Man speaks into a microphone on a platform. Other men standing on platform.
Examination table and medical supplies.

54. First Aid Room at Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

IDNO:
002772
Title:
First Aid Room at Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine
Description:
Examination table and medical supplies.

55. Miners Riding Safety Man-Trip Cars in Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

IDNO:
002771
Title:
Miners Riding Safety Man-Trip Cars in Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

56. MacDonald Girls First Aid Team at the Tenth Annual First Aid Meet at Scarbro, W. Va.

IDNO:
002770
Title:
MacDonald Girls First Aid Team at the Tenth Annual First Aid Meet at Scarbro, W. Va.
Date:
1929
Cars line the hillside above the stadium where Safety Day exercises are held.

57. Safety Day Is Important

IDNO:
002769
Title:
Safety Day Is Important
Date:
ca. 1920-1940
Description:
Cars line the hillside above the stadium where Safety Day exercises are held.
Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.

58. Safety Day Is Important

IDNO:
002768
Title:
Safety Day Is Important
Date:
ca. 1920-1940
Description:
Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.
From left to right: Jake Sibloski, Walter Miller, Louis Roncaglione, Andrew Vargo and Fred Lamb.

59. Scarbro Team which Won the International First Aid Contest at Denver, Colorado in 1920

IDNO:
002767
Title:
Scarbro Team which Won the International First Aid Contest at Denver, Colorado in 1920
Date:
1920
Description:
From left to right: Jake Sibloski, Walter Miller, Louis Roncaglione, Andrew Vargo and Fred Lamb.
Men rehearsing mine safety procedures.

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

IDNO:
002702
Title:
Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Men rehearsing mine safety procedures.
Boswell safety car on tracks outside of a building.

61. Boswell Safety Car, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002539
Title:
Boswell Safety Car, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Boswell safety car on tracks outside of a building.
An emergency stretcher of the Davis Coal and Coke Company at Thomas, W. Va.

62. Emergency Stretcher Outfit

IDNO:
002494
Title:
Emergency Stretcher Outfit
Description:
An emergency stretcher of the Davis Coal and Coke Company at Thomas, W. Va.
Group portrait of a mine safety team at Thomas, W. Va.

63. Mine Safety Team, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002490
Title:
Mine Safety Team, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Group portrait of a mine safety team at Thomas, W. Va.

64. Various Grades of Coal Awaiting Transport

IDNO:
002182
Title:
Various Grades of Coal Awaiting Transport
Miners carrying an injured person on a stretcher while a man films. W.J. Wolf and Frank Brooks the Supt. of Mine 86 are included in the picture.

65. Accident Training at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 86

IDNO:
002126
Title:
Accident Training at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 86
Description:
Miners carrying an injured person on a stretcher while a man films. W.J. Wolf and Frank Brooks the Supt. of Mine 86 are included in the picture.

66. Miners in Safety Cars for Transportation into the Mine, Winding Gulf Collieries

IDNO:
002084
Title:
Miners in Safety Cars for Transportation into the Mine, Winding Gulf Collieries
Date:
ca. 1950/07/15

67. Miners and Officials by Safety Cars for Transporting Miners into Mines, Winding Gulf Collieries

IDNO:
002082
Title:
Miners and Officials by Safety Cars for Transporting Miners into Mines, Winding Gulf Collieries
Date:
ca. 1950/07/15
Let's Work Safe written on the safety cars.

68. Safety Cars for Transporting Miners into Mine, Winding Gulf Collieries

IDNO:
002081
Title:
Safety Cars for Transporting Miners into Mine, Winding Gulf Collieries
Date:
ca. 1950/07/15
Description:
Let's Work Safe written on the safety cars.
Group of miners looking over documents.

69. Mine Safety Training

IDNO:
001927
Title:
Mine Safety Training
Description:
Group of miners looking over documents.
Miners Workshop-Safety and Accident Prevention. Members of local unions from mining counties take this short refresher course to prepare to take the State Mine Examination.

70. Miners' Workshop, Safety and Accident Prevention

IDNO:
001926
Title:
Miners' Workshop, Safety and Accident Prevention
Description:
Miners Workshop-Safety and Accident Prevention. Members of local unions from mining counties take this short refresher course to prepare to take the State Mine Examination.
Early Mining Extension class being taught by U.G. Carter in Logan County, 1938-1940.

71. Mining Class, Logan County

IDNO:
001925
Title:
Mining Class, Logan County
Date:
1938-1940
Description:
Early Mining Extension class being taught by U.G. Carter in Logan County, 1938-1940.
The first mining class being taught by U.G. Carter in Logan County, 1938.

72. First Mining Class, Instructor U. G. Carter, Logan County

IDNO:
001923
Title:
First Mining Class, Instructor U. G. Carter, Logan County
Date:
1938
Description:
The first mining class being taught by U.G. Carter in Logan County, 1938.
A display for coal safety with two men getting ready to start a film on a projector screen.

73. Coal Safety Display

IDNO:
001922
Title:
Coal Safety Display
Description:
A display for coal safety with two men getting ready to start a film on a projector screen.
Mine Safety Training at Eagle Mine Laing No. 1. Standing Left to Right are; U.G. Carter, Director, Mining Extension Service; R.L. Robertson, Mine Foreman; Howard Thompson, Safety Director, Department of Mines; Bennett Ferguson, Mobile Class Instructor; Julius Blaney, Fireboss. Seated Left to Right, Safety Committeemen Thomas Franklin, Clinton Phipps, Bullard Richards and Daniel Bryant, Section Foreman.

74. Mine Safety Training

IDNO:
001920
Title:
Mine Safety Training
Description:
Mine Safety Training at Eagle Mine Laing No. 1. Standing Left to Right are; U.G. Carter, Director, Mining Extension Service; R.L. Robertson, Mine Foreman; Howard Thompson, Safety Director, Department of Mines; Bennett Ferguson, Mobile Class Instructor; Julius Blaney, Fireboss. Seated Left to Right, Safety Committeemen Thomas Franklin, Clinton Phipps, Bullard Richards and Daniel Bryant, Section Foreman.
Group portrait of miners in rescue gear at the Mine Rescue Training Station at Kilsyth, W. Va.

75. Miners at the Mine Rescue Training Station, Kilsyth, W. Va.

IDNO:
001918
Title:
Miners at the Mine Rescue Training Station, Kilsyth, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Group portrait of miners in rescue gear at the Mine Rescue Training Station at Kilsyth, W. Va.
Two men stand in a mine ambulance equipped to haul injured to the outside.

76. Underground Ambulance for Transporting Injured to the Outside, Hanna Coal Co., Dunglen No. 11 Mine

IDNO:
001841
Title:
Underground Ambulance for Transporting Injured to the Outside, Hanna Coal Co., Dunglen No. 11 Mine
Description:
Two men stand in a mine ambulance equipped to haul injured to the outside.
Two men of the Dunglen No. 11 Mine, owned by Hanna Coal Company, inspecting a piece of equipment in front of a ambulance coal cart.

77. Inspecting Equipment on an Ambulance Cart, Dunglen No. 11 Mine, Hanna Coal Company,

IDNO:
001801
Title:
Inspecting Equipment on an Ambulance Cart, Dunglen No. 11 Mine, Hanna Coal Company,
Description:
Two men of the Dunglen No. 11 Mine, owned by Hanna Coal Company, inspecting a piece of equipment in front of a ambulance coal cart.
A man stands in the mining shaft holding an instrument to test the gas levels in the mine.

78. Testing for Gas in a Pittsburgh Seam Coal Mine

IDNO:
001781
Title:
Testing for Gas in a Pittsburgh Seam Coal Mine
Description:
A man stands in the mining shaft holding an instrument to test the gas levels in the mine.