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A miner is driving a battery powered shuttle car that is self unloading to the loading station.

1. Battery Powered 'Self Unloader' Shuttle Car Hauling Coal to Loading Station

Miner putting bolts into the roof of a mine for support.

2. Miner Roof Bolting

Miner putting bolts into the roof of a mine for support.

3. Miner Roof Bolting

Miner putting bolts into the roof of a mine for support.

4. Miner Roof Bolting

Miner stands on pile of coal ready to be loaded and sent out of mine.

5. Coal Shot Down and Ready for Loading

Miner tests for gas after shooting of coal in Bishop's Mine, Poca Fuel Co.?

6. Testing for Gas After Shooting at Bishop's Mine

Miner checking for gas on pile of coal after it was shot down.

7. Coal Shot Down and Ready for Loading

Miner placing boards in Cavalier Mine No. 206.

8. Miner Placing Boards on the Floor of Cavalier Mine No. 206

Two miners operate a Sullivan cutting machine.

9. Cutting Machine

Miner tests for gas in mine.

10. Testing for Gas

Miner tests for gas in mine.

11. Testing for Gas

Miner tests for gas in mine.

12. Testing for Gas

13. Miners Testing for Gas in a Coal MIne

14. Miner Riding on Filled Coal Car

Two miners test for gas in mine. Hamilton Wright Organization Inc.  80 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, 'Newspaper Feature News' This photograph released to you GRATIS for editorial use only. Do not use for advertising purpose without written permission.

15. Testing for Gas

Man tests for gas at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

16. Testing for Gas at Jamison No. 9 Mine

Group portrait of miners standing with horses in a mine.

17. Miners and Horse Drawn Cart

Group of miners attempt to realign the wheels of a coal car with the tracks in the mine. John Williams, Coal Life Project

18. Miners Fixing Mine Car

Miners operating a cutting machine.

19. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Miner operating a loading machine.

20. Loading Machine in Operation

Miner operating a Joy Loading Machine. '180 tons a day.'

21. Joy Loading Machine in Action

22. Miner Operating a Joy Continuous Mining Machine

Miner operating a Joy loading machine.

23. Modern Joy Loading Machine

Miner operating a Joy loading machine.

24. Joy Loading Machine

Miner operating a Joy continuous mining machine.

25. Joy Manufacturing Company Continuous Mining Machine

Two miners work with a machine to undercut coal.

26. Miners Undercutting Coal with Machine

Two miners at Pursglove No. 15 cut coal preparatory to shooting it down for loading.

27. Cutting Coal at Pursglove No. 15

Two miners work on putting in roof bolts in the Pittsburgh Seam. Timber jack used to hold the roof while bolting.

28. Miners Roof Bolting

Two miners next to an electric locomotive.

29. Miner on Electric Locomotive

Two miners put bolts in to the mine rood at Jamison No. 9.

30. Miners Roof Bolt Drilling in Jamison No. 9 Mine

Car filled with coal. 'Geological Survey'

31. Coalburg Coal at Mine of Kelley Creek Colliery Company

A very large cutting machine being operated by a miner. 'Credit must be given to William Vandivert, Not to be reproduced without written liscense.

32. Cutting Machine in Operation at Mine No. 32

'All White Oak mines are electrically equipped and of course this mining machine is operated by electricity. The machine is mounted and transported on a specially designed truck and moves under its own power from one working place to another. It is taken from the truck by the machine operator and his helper and moved to the place of the coal and place in cutting position as you see it in this picture. The machine consists of an endless chain with 'bits' inserted, which act as cutters. The machine cuts a 'kerf' or hole along the bottom of the coal about 4 inches high and extending back six feet under the coal. The fine coal made by this machine is what is commonly known as 'bug dust.' Cutting machines are operated at night and each machine is capable of cutting twenty places on each shift. These machines are operated on tonnage basis and these operators earn high wages.'

33. Mining Operating a Cutting Machine

Three miners putting bolts in the roof at Bishop Mine. Jacks used to hold the roof up while this process was being done.

34. Crew Roof Bolting at Bishop Mine

Miners on an electric locomotive used in hauling mine cars.

35. Electric Locomotive Used in Hauling Mine Cars

Miners stand next to a large locomotive at Jamison No. 9.

36. Jamison No. 9 Mine Locomotive

Dispatcher in office outside of mine. 'Credit must be given to William Vandivert, and picture is not to be reproduced without written license.'

37. Dispatcher at Mine No. 32

'An Electric Locomotive: Good dependable motive power is just as necessary in a coal mine as on a railroad. This picture shows on of White Oak's ten ton electric locomotives used to haul loads and distrubute empties in our mines. A crew consists of a motorman and brakeman, or trip rider, who pull loads from the working places to convenient sidings where they are picked up by main line locomotives, who haul to the tipple or shaft bottom. A large producing mine uses fifteen and twenty locomotives and five hundred mine cars in maintaining production.'

38. Miner Operating an Electric Locomotive

Miners at work. 'Mountaineer Coal Co., Division of Consolidation Coal Co.'

39. Miners Working with Loading Machine

Miner placing boards down near coal seam at Cavalier Mine No. 206.

40. Miner Placing Boards on the Floor of Cavalier Mine No. 206

A miner working with machinery on the exterior of a mine.

41. Miner Working with Machinery Outside of Mine

Miner operating the Railroad car loading control panel.

42. Railroad Car Loading Control Panel

Miners and filled coal cars at the Scale House, Crane Creek Mine.

43. Scale House at Crane Creek

A miner watches as coal is loaded into mine cars from a shuttle car.

44. Shuttle Car Discharges its Load into Mine Cars

Miner operating a loading machine outside of a mine.

45. Loading Machine at MacAlpin Coal Company

Unknown miner sitting down outside of the mine. 'Please credit Farm Security Administration for Photo.

46. Miner Taking a Break

Miner using a very small cutting machine.

47. Small Cutting Machine

Two miners work on a seam, one with a pick, the other with a shovel.

48. Miners at Work in Mine Interior

Two miners work on filling up a coal tram car. John Williams, Coal Life Project.

49. Miners at Work

A miner works on a piece of machinery on the interior of the mine. John Williams, Coal Life Project.

50. Miner Working on Machinery

Miner working with a loading machine. 'Compliments of Joy Manufacturing Co.'

51. Loading Machine in Action

Two miners work with a mining machine. 'Compliments of Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.' John Williams, Coal Life Project.

52. Mining Operating a Cutting Machine

53. Miner Operating Cuttting Machine

Miner using machine to cut coal.

54. Cutting Coal

Continuous mining machine on arrival at Brock No. 4 Mine before taken inside mine.

55. Continuous Mining Machine at Brock No. 4 Mine

Miner works at unloading a shuttle car into an elevator.

56. Shuttle Car Unloading into an Elevator

Miner works with cutting machine at Jamison No. 9 mine.

57. Cutting Machine at Jamison No. 9

Miners using a cutting machine at Mine 32, Consolidation Coal Co.

58. Track Mounted Cutting Machine at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 32.

A modern coal cutting machine in operation at Bishop Mine.

59. Modern Coal Cutting Machine in Operation at Bishop Mine

Miner speaking in microphone at control board at Jamison No. 9.

60. Control Board at Jamison No. 9

Miner waiting for shuttle car to be loaded.

61. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

Miner at control board at Jamison No. 9.

62. Control Board at Jamison No. 9

'Coarse Lumpy Coal: This very coarse lumpy mine run coal is the result of proper shooting. The miner is paid on a tonnage basis for loading this coal into mine cars. He is required to watch his coal carefully as he loads it and she that no impurities become mixed with the coal.'

63. Miner Loading Coarse Lumpy Coal

Two miners drill before placing charges.

64. Drilling Prior to Setting Explosives

Two miners work with a Joy roof bolt drill at Jamison No. 9.

65. Joy Roof Bolt Drill at Jamison No. 9

Miner works at the control panel at Jamison No. 9.

66. Control Panel at Jamison No. 9

Miners ride in a locomotive at Jamison No. 9.

67. Jamison No. 9 Mine Locomotive

Jeffrey 290 cutting trench for 2200 volt line at Jamison No. 9.  Stonega Coke and Coal.

68. Jeffrey 290 cutting trench for 2200 volt line at Jamison No. 9

Miner using a 11 BU loading machine at Jamison No. 9. Stonega Coke and Coal.

69. Miner Operating a Loading Machine at Jamison No. 9

A Joy 10 RU preparing to cut US Royal Cable at Jamison No. 9.  Stonega Coke and Coal.

70. Joy 10 RU Preparing to Cut US Royal Cable at Jamison No. 9

'All White Oak mines are electrically equipped and of course this mining machine is operated by electricity. The machine is mounted and transported on a specially designed truck and moves under its own power from one working place to another. It is taken from the truck by the machine operator and his helper and moved to the place of the coal and placed in cutting position as you see in this picture. The machine consists of an endless chain with bits inserted, which act as cutters. The machine cuts a kerf or hole along the bottom of the coal about 4 feet and extending back six feet under the coal. The fine coal made by this machine is what is commonly known as bug dust. Cutting machines are operated at night and each machine is capable of cutting twenty places on each shift. These machines are operated on tonnage basis and these operators earn high wages.'

71. Miner Operating a Cutting Machine

Miner running a continuous mining machine.

72. Continuous Mining Machine

An 11BU loading machine and a Joy Shuttle car at Jamison No. 9.  Stonega Coke and Coal.

73. Loading Machine and Shuttle Car at Jamison No. 9

'All White Oak mines work the same seam of coal, viz: Sewall...The face of one of the working places or rooms is shown in this picture. The coal averages about 48 to 50 inches in thickness. This working place is now ready to be cut by the undercutting machine, so it can be shot down by the miner and loaded into the cars for transportations to the tipple. The white line on the roof in this picture is the center line of the room set by the engineers to guide the men operating the mining machine in driving the room straight.'

74. Sewall Coal Seam Worked by the New River Coal Company

Miner with drilling machine at Jamison No. 9.

75. Drilling Machine at Jamison No. 9

'Shuttle Cars: Here are pictured loaded and empty shuttle cars sometimes called buggies. Note the noveyor on the bottom of the empty car for unloading the coal at a central loading station, into the mine cars. This equipment is propelled by huge batteries or electric cable and of course requires no track. Track-mounted mechanical loaders load directly into the mine car.'

76. Miners Operating Shuttle Cars

'Machine, helper and crew. 350 tons a day, per 8 hour shift.'

77. Continuous Mining Machine, Helper and Crew

Two dogs harnessed to coal carts. About 1890, Ohio Coal Mine. This photograph is the property of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.

78. Dogs in Harness, Ohio Coal Mine

Miner drilling a hole for explosives at the Bishop Mine, Pocahontas Fuel Co.

79. Drilling Prior to Placing Explosives at Bishop Mine, Pocahontas Fuel Company

Miners drill two or more holes into coal to place the explosive charges.

80. Drilling Prior to Setting Explosives

'This very coarse lumpy mine run coal is the result of proper shooting. The miner is paid on a tonnage basis for loading this coal into mine cars. He is required to watch his coal carefully as he loads it and see that no impurities become mixed with the coal.'

81. Miner Prepares to Load Coal After Shooting

Two miners work with a cutting machine at Pursglove No. 15.

82. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Pursglove No. 15

Miner drilling holes for explosives at Jamison No. 9.

83. Drilling Prior to 'Setting' Explosives at Jamison No. 9

Two miners working to support the roof in the Itmann Coal Co. mine. <br /><br />

84. Miners at Work in an Itmann Coal Company Mine

A miner is operating a cutting machine at the Price Hill Colliery Co. mine

85. Miner Operating a Cutting Machine, Price Hill Colliery Company

Chalk markings designate slate intrusion in No. 63.

86. Slate Intrusion at No. 63

'A very small cutting machine or a v.m. drilling machine. Probably a cutting machine'

87. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

A miner operating an electric shuttle car filled with coal.

88. Electric Shuttle Car

Group portrait of miners and horses inside a mine. 'Dr. Parkinson said a copy of this picture appeared in Natural Geographic's Pictorical Study of Appalachia.'

89. Miners and Their Horses

'Interior mine scene shows men using the lard oil miner's lamp and the use of horses as well as mules. New England Mine.'

90. Interior of New England Mine

Three miners hard at work as coal comes down a conveyor.  Copyright Photo by William Vandivert, 21 East Tenth Street, New York 3, N. Y.

91. Mining Coal

92. Miner Testing for Gas

Two miners at work drilling into a wall of coal. John Williams, Coal Life Project.

93. Miners at Work

Two miners operate a cutting machine. 'Credit must be given to Willaim Vandivert, 21 East Tenth St., New York 3, N.Y., Not to be reproduced without written liscense.'

94. Cutting Machine in Operation

95. Miner Operating a Coal Cutting Machine

96. Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine