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1. Miner on an Electric Cart

IDNO:
033562
Title:
Miner on an Electric Cart

2. Miners Entering the Mine on an Electric Cart

IDNO:
033561
Title:
Miners Entering the Mine on an Electric Cart

3. Miner on an Electric Cart

IDNO:
033560
Title:
Miner on an Electric Cart

4. Miners Enter a Low Ceiling Mine on an Electric Cart

IDNO:
033559
Title:
Miners Enter a Low Ceiling Mine on an Electric Cart

5. Miner at Work Underground in a Low Ceiling Coal Mine

IDNO:
033558
Title:
Miner at Work Underground in a Low Ceiling Coal Mine

6. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033557
Title:
Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

7. Coal Loaded in a Shuttle Car

IDNO:
033554
Title:
Coal Loaded in a Shuttle Car

8. Coal on a Conveyor Belt Inside a Mine

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

9. Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

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

10. Conveyor Belt Mechanism Inside a Coal Mine

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

11. Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033549
Title:
Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

12. Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033548
Title:
Conveyor Belt Inside a Coal Mine

13. Coal Mining Machinery

IDNO:
033547
Title:
Coal Mining Machinery

14. Miners Cutting Timber to Shore up the Walls of a Mine

IDNO:
033546
Title:
Miners Cutting Timber to Shore up the Walls of a Mine

15. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033545
Title:
Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

16. Pumping Air into a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033544
Title:
Pumping Air into a Coal Mine

17. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033543
Title:
Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

18. Transporting Logs into a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033542
Title:
Transporting Logs into a Coal Mine

19. Miners Roof Bolting

IDNO:
033541
Title:
Miners Roof Bolting

20. Miners Roof Bolting

IDNO:
033540
Title:
Miners Roof Bolting

21. Coal Loaded in a Shuttle Car

IDNO:
033539
Title:
Coal Loaded in a Shuttle Car

22. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

IDNO:
033538
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine

23. Donkey Pulling a Cart Inside a Mine

IDNO:
033537
Title:
Donkey Pulling a Cart Inside a Mine

24. Coal Miner Works in Tight Quarters

IDNO:
033536
Title:
Coal Miner Works in Tight Quarters

25. Miners Shoring up Ceiling of a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033534
Title:
Miners Shoring up Ceiling of a Coal Mine

26. Shuttle Car Carrying Timber in the Mine

IDNO:
033531
Title:
Shuttle Car Carrying Timber in the Mine

27. Miner on an Electric Cart

IDNO:
033530
Title:
Miner on an Electric Cart

28. Miner Operating a Cutting Machine

IDNO:
033529
Title:
Miner Operating a Cutting Machine

29. Miner at Work in a Low Ceiling Coal Mine

IDNO:
033528
Title:
Miner at Work in a Low Ceiling Coal Mine

30. Building a Conveyor System Inside a Coal Mine

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

31. Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033526
Title:
Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

32. Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

IDNO:
033524
Title:
Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine
Man working in the Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, built in 1915-1916.

33. Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, Built 1915-1916

IDNO:
002766
Title:
Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, Built 1915-1916
Description:
Man working in the Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, built in 1915-1916.

34. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 3

IDNO:
002759
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 3

35. Oxen Pulling Coal Cart in an Underground Mine

IDNO:
002757
Title:
Oxen Pulling Coal Cart in an Underground Mine

36. Interior of Mathies Underground Machine Shop

IDNO:
002756
Title:
Interior of Mathies Underground Machine Shop
Date:
1954

37. Mechanic Working in the Mathies Underground Machine Shop

IDNO:
002755
Title:
Mechanic Working in the Mathies Underground Machine Shop
Date:
1954
Continuous miner in action.

38. Lee Norse CM28E Continuous Miner

IDNO:
002753
Title:
Lee Norse CM28E Continuous Miner
Description:
Continuous miner in action.
A continuous miner in action.

39. Lee Norse CM28E Continuous Miner

IDNO:
002752
Title:
Lee Norse CM28E Continuous Miner
Description:
A continuous miner in action.
Mechanic working on what appears to be a turbine.

40. Mechanic Working on Mining Machinery

IDNO:
002751
Title:
Mechanic Working on Mining Machinery
Date:
ca. 1960-1970
Description:
Mechanic working on what appears to be a turbine.
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; If this photograph is used for publication, please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of Interior.

41. Wood Crib Constructed with Crib Releases

IDNO:
002750
Title:
Wood Crib Constructed with Crib Releases
Date:
undated
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; If this photograph is used for publication, please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of Interior.

42. Mining Equipment at Fairmont Machinery Company

IDNO:
002748
Title:
Mining Equipment at Fairmont Machinery Company
Date:
1918
Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall bear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.

43. Fully Loaded Coal Train Two Miles Underground

IDNO:
002746
Title:
Fully Loaded Coal Train Two Miles Underground
Description:
Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that each reproduction shall bear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.

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

IDNO:
002745
Title:
Coal on Conveyor Belt at Jamison No. 9 Mine
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company mine.<br />

45. Miner Operating a Joy Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002722
Title:
Miner Operating a Joy Cutting Machine
Description:
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company mine.
'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 the Bureau of Mines, United States, Department of Interior.

46. Interior of a Coal Mine with Roof Supports Along Longwall Face

IDNO:
002721
Title:
Interior of a Coal Mine with Roof Supports Along Longwall Face
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 the Bureau of Mines, United States, Department of Interior.
Shuttle car in an underground mine, loaded with coal.

47. Loaded Shuttle Car

IDNO:
002719
Title:
Loaded Shuttle Car
Description:
Shuttle car in an underground mine, loaded with coal.
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

48. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

IDNO:
002717
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded
Description:
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

49. Loading Coal in an Unidentified MIne

IDNO:
002716
Title:
Loading Coal in an Unidentified MIne

50. Jeffrey Loading Machine Emptying Coal into a New 11-Ton Steel Mine Car at Mine No. 32

IDNO:
002715
Title:
Jeffrey Loading Machine Emptying Coal into a New 11-Ton Steel Mine Car at Mine No. 32
Date:
1946/01/19
Coal cutting machine digs into the coal seam.

51. Coal Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002713
Title:
Coal Cutting Machine
Description:
Coal cutting machine digs into the coal seam.
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

52. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

IDNO:
002711
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded
Description:
Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.
'Coal at all White Oak shafts mines is handled on self dumping cages, which handle the coal uniformly and with a minimum of breakage. Note how evenly the coal is flowing from the mine car. Much more rapid of course than the picture indicates, but it shows how well designed the equipment must be to handle the coal in such splendid manner.'

53. Self Dumping Cages

IDNO:
002708
Title:
Self Dumping Cages
Description:
'Coal at all White Oak shafts mines is handled on self dumping cages, which handle the coal uniformly and with a minimum of breakage. Note how evenly the coal is flowing from the mine car. Much more rapid of course than the picture indicates, but it shows how well designed the equipment must be to handle the coal in such splendid manner.'
'All ready-Hoist! This is an end view of one of our new steel mine cars on a cage at one of the White Oak Shaft mines, and the signal has just been given to hoist it to the surface--450 feet up! These electric equipped hoists can hoist a car every twenty seconds and dump it! The cars are placed on the cages automatically by creeper chains and car stops. One man operates the signals and car stops and chains.'

54. Steel Mine Car at One of the White Oak Shaft Mines

IDNO:
002706
Title:
Steel Mine Car at One of the White Oak Shaft Mines
Description:
'All ready-Hoist! This is an end view of one of our new steel mine cars on a cage at one of the White Oak Shaft mines, and the signal has just been given to hoist it to the surface--450 feet up! These electric equipped hoists can hoist a car every twenty seconds and dump it! The cars are placed on the cages automatically by creeper chains and car stops. One man operates the signals and car stops and chains.'
Rear end of loaded coal car in an underground mine.

55. Shuttle Car Being Loaded by Mechanical Loader

IDNO:
002705
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded by Mechanical Loader
Description:
Rear end of loaded coal car in an underground mine.
1-Mining machine, electrically operated, 2. Electric locomotive and coal car train leaving mine, 3. Shaker screen for sorting coal according to size, 4. Coal powerhouse and tipple.

56. Coal Mining, Modern Methods of Production

IDNO:
002704
Title:
Coal Mining, Modern Methods of Production
Description:
1-Mining machine, electrically operated, 2. Electric locomotive and coal car train leaving mine, 3. Shaker screen for sorting coal according to size, 4. Coal powerhouse and tipple.

57. Shuttle Car Approaches Mine Railway Track.

IDNO:
002703
Title:
Shuttle Car Approaches Mine Railway Track.
Mountaineer Coal Company, Division of Consolidation Coal Company.

58. Continuous Mining Machine (Middle) and Loading Machine (Bottom)

IDNO:
002701
Title:
Continuous Mining Machine (Middle) and Loading Machine (Bottom)
Date:
1959/04/07
Description:
Mountaineer Coal Company, Division of Consolidation Coal Company.
Minre watches as coal pours into the shuttle car.

59. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

IDNO:
002699
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded
Description:
Minre watches as coal pours into the shuttle car.
Miner operates a shuttle car that is loaded with coal.

60. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

IDNO:
002697
Title:
Shuttle Car Being Loaded
Description:
Miner operates a shuttle car that is loaded with coal.

61. Coal Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002696
Title:
Coal Cutting Machine

62. Cutting Coal by Machine

IDNO:
002695
Title:
Cutting Coal by Machine