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13. Miners Loading Coal Into a Hand Loaded Loading Machine

IDNO:
002218
Title:
Miners Loading Coal Into a Hand Loaded Loading Machine
Date:
1951/04/23
Two men sitting on a bench in a mine in an underground mine. Sign reads, 'It is a dischargeable offence to run over any cable.'

14. Miners Seated on Bench in an Underground Mine.

IDNO:
002222
Title:
Miners Seated on Bench in an Underground Mine.
Description:
Two men sitting on a bench in a mine in an underground mine. Sign reads, 'It is a dischargeable offence to run over any cable.'

15. Coal Miner at Work Underground

IDNO:
002228
Title:
Coal Miner at Work Underground
Miners in cars about to go down to the pit. Photograph courtesy of the Farm Security Administration.

16. Man Trip to the Working Face

IDNO:
002564
Title:
Man Trip to the Working Face
Date:
ca. 1939
Description:
Miners in cars about to go down to the pit. Photograph courtesy of the Farm Security Administration.
A miner operates a cart full of coal exiting the mine.

17. Coal Cars Exiting a Mine

IDNO:
002581
Title:
Coal Cars Exiting a Mine
Description:
A miner operates a cart full of coal exiting the mine.
'West Virginia coal miners entering 'the bowels of the earth' to produce fuel for the defense of the Nation. The State supplies more than a quarter of the Nation's total production of coal.' Courtesy of W. Va. Dept of Labor.

18. Coal Miners Entering Mine, 'The Man Trip'

IDNO:
002585
Title:
Coal Miners Entering Mine, 'The Man Trip'
Description:
'West Virginia coal miners entering 'the bowels of the earth' to produce fuel for the defense of the Nation. The State supplies more than a quarter of the Nation's total production of coal.' Courtesy of W. Va. Dept of Labor.