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Two miners operate the breast type coal cutting machine.

13. Breast Type Coal Cutting Machine, Consol Mine No. 26, Watson, W. Va.

A gear driven cutting machine stands on the track.

14. Very Old Track Mounted Cutting Machine

Two miners operate a track mounted coal cutting machine.

15. Track Mounted Cutting Machine

Caption on back reads, 'Making a cut in the coal face is this Mastodon of the machine age - an underground cutter.  Rubber tired for mobility, and mounting a 9-foot cutting blade armed with whirring steel bits, it can cut a full 360 degree arc.  This and similar machines give America's bituminous coal mines almost unlimited capacity for production.'

16. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, Owings, W. Va.

Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

17. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine in Pursglove No. 15 Mine

18. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine