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1. Coal on a Conveyor Belt Inside a Mine

IDNO:: 033553
Title:: Coal on a Conveyor Belt Inside a Mine

2. Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:: 033552
Title:: Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

3. Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:: 033551
Title:: Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

4. Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:: 033549
Title:: Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

5. Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:: 033548
Title:: Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

This is written on the back of the photo: '30" Main Slope belt discharging to the car loading boom Hart Coal Company, Morton's Gap, Kentucky'

6. Main Slope Belt Discharging Coal to Car at Hart Coal Company, Morton's Gap, KY

IDNO:: 033535
Title:: Main Slope Belt Discharging Coal to Car at Hart Coal Company, Morton's Gap, KY
Description:: This is written on the back of the photo: '30" Main Slope belt discharging to the car loading boom Hart Coal Company, Morton's Gap, Kentucky'

7. Conveyor Equipment at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

IDNO:: 033533
Title:: Conveyor Equipment at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

8. Conveyor Equipment at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

IDNO:: 033532
Title:: Conveyor Equipment at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

9. Building a Conveyor System Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:: 033527
Title:: Building a Conveyor System Inside a Coal Mine

This is written on the back of the photo: 'Junction point two (2) 30"x1200' Conveyors Truax Traer Company, Elkville now used in Cabin Creek mines in West Virginia'

10. Conveyor Belt at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL

IDNO:: 033522
Title:: Conveyor Belt at Truax Traer Coal Company, Elkville IL
Description:: This is written on the back of the photo: 'Junction point two (2) 30"x1200' Conveyors Truax Traer Company, Elkville now used in Cabin Creek mines in West Virginia'

'View from point at which scraper was working; looking through conveyor to heading a distance of 300 ft.'

11. Conveyor Filled with Coal at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002765
Title:: Conveyor Filled with Coal at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: 'View from point at which scraper was working; looking through conveyor to heading a distance of 300 ft.'

'Loading [sic] from heading to face conveying on 9% grade to boom, coal wet; distance to face 174 feet; flight type boom; Note: up until the time of taking pictures A-1-A-2-3&4 no jacks were set to support conveyor or drive.'

12. Coal on Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002762
Title:: Coal on Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: 'Loading [sic] from heading to face conveying on 9% grade to boom, coal wet; distance to face 174 feet; flight type boom; Note: up until the time of taking pictures A-1-A-2-3&4 no jacks were set to support conveyor or drive.'

Pile of coal at the end of a conveyor.

13. Coal Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002761
Title:: Coal Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: Pile of coal at the end of a conveyor.

14. Coal on a Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002760
Title:: Coal on a Conveyor at Thomas, W. Va.

Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer. Progress Report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va; Please give credit to Bureau of Mines, United States, Department of Interior.

15. Longwall Face Showing Armored Conveyor, Planer, and Roof Supports

IDNO:: 002747
Title:: Longwall Face Showing Armored Conveyor, Planer, and Roof Supports
Description:: Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer. Progress Report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va; Please give credit to Bureau of Mines, United States, Department of Interior.

16. Coal on Conveyor Belt at Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:: 002745
Title:: Coal on Conveyor Belt at Jamison No. 9 Mine

Close view of a conveyor at a coal mine shop in Thomas, W. Va.

17. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002744
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: Close view of a conveyor at a coal mine shop in Thomas, W. Va.

18. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002743
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

View of a conveyor in a machine shop at a coal mine in Thomas, W. Va.

19. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002741
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: View of a conveyor in a machine shop at a coal mine in Thomas, W. Va.

Close view of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine machine shop in Thomas, W. Va.

20. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002740
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: Close view of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine machine shop in Thomas, W. Va.

Close view of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine operation in Thomas, W. Va.

21. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002739
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: Close view of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine operation in Thomas, W. Va.

22. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002738
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

23. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002737
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

24. Mat Conveyor Built in the Shop at Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002736
Title:: Mat Conveyor Built in the Shop at Thomas, W. Va.
Date:: 1927

View of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine operation in Thomas, W. Va.

25. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002735
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: View of a conveyor and engine at a coal mine operation in Thomas, W. Va.

Close view of a conveyor and engine.

26. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002733
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: Close view of a conveyor and engine.