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Miners examine coal on conveyor belt.

1. Screening Coal, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002972
Title:: Screening Coal, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: Miners examine coal on conveyor belt.

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

2. 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.'

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

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

Conveyor and other machinery at a shop in Thomas, W. Va.

8. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002742
Title:: Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:: Conveyor and other machinery at a shop in Thomas, W. Va.

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

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