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Miners and filled coal cars inside a mine.

1. Interior of a Coal Mine

Miners talking while others run drilling equipment.

2. Miners and Equipment Inside a Coal Mine

Coal carts on tracks and corridor openings in an underground mine in Monongalia County.

3. Modern Slope Bottom in Brock No. 4 Mine, Continental Coal Company, Monongalia County, W. Va.

4. 20 Ton Bethehem Cars at Jamison No. 9 Mine, Stonega Coke and Coal Company

5. Electric Cable Reel and Joy Shuttle Car with Road Drag at Jamison No. 9 Mine

6. Maintenance Equipment Cart at Jamison Mine No. 9

7. Underground Electric Power Center Control Board at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9.

8. Track Inside Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

9. Coal Shuttle Car in Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

Mechanic's pit provides location to work on mine haulage equipment;

10. Underground Mechanic's Pit at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9.

11. 2200 Volt Junction Box at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

12. Interior of Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

'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.

13. Wood Crib with One Crib Release Tripped at Pocahontas No. 4 Coal Bed, Helen, 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.' If this photograph is used for publication, please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, United States, Department of Interior.

14. Wood Crib with Both Releases Tripped and Crib Collapsed at Pocahontas No. 4 Coal Bed, Helen, W. Va.

'All white oak mines work the same seam of coal, viz: Sewall. THe face of one of the working places or rooms is shown in this picture. The coal averages about 48 to 50 inches in thickness. This working place is now ready to be cut by the undercutting machine, so it can be shot down be the miner and loaded into cars for transportation to the tipple. The white line on the roof in this picture is the center line of the room set by the engineers to guide the men operating the mining machine in driving the room straight.'

15. Sewall Coal Seam Worked by the New River Coal Company

Large chunks of coal piled below the seam.

16. Shot Down Coal at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

Notice the preparatory cut and the 3 charge-holes near floor of the mine.

17. Coal Nearly Ready to be Shot Down

'Probably no phase of coal preparation requires the supervision and care that must be given to shooting practices. The type of explosive used is a safety powder known as "Duobel" and has been selected because it is most suitable for the coal mined in the White Oak Mines. Not only must the explosive be of the best quality and best suited for the work of breaking down the coal, but its use must be supervised and restricted. The proper amount to use; the size of the cartridge; the manner of tamping and many other details are looked after so that a maximum of lump and coarse coal is produced after shooting. This view shows the working place after the 'breaker shot' has been fired.'

18. Breaker Shot

'Probably no phase of coal preparation requires the supervision and care that must be given to shooting practices. The type of explosive used is a safety powder known as "Duobel" and has been selected because it is most suitable for the coal mined in the White Oak Mines. Not only must the explosive be of the best quality and best suited for the work of breaking down the coal, but its use must be supervised and restricted. The proper amount to use; the size of the cartridge; the manner of tamping and many other details are looked after so that a maximum of lump and coarse coal is produced after shooting. This view shows the working place after the 'breaker shot' has been fired.'

19. Breaker Shot

Print possibly overexposed.

20. Area worked by Coal Cutters

Looking down a mine shaft.

21. Interior of New England Coal Mine

22. Area Worked by Coal Cutters

Miner works on pile of shot down coal.

23. Shot Down Coal at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

J.P. McGee, Acting Research Director, and Jack Smith, in Charge of the Gas Turbine Development Project discuss proper positioning of the turbine rotor in its casing.

24. Proper Positioning of the Turbine Rotor in Its Casing

25. Miner Testing for Gas

26. Miner Roof Bolting

27. Miner Placing a Charge

28. Coal on Belt at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

'This miner has just completed loading a mine car of weighing net about two and one-half tons, and is waiting for a locomotive to come along and take it out and give him another empty car. An industrious miner will load about six and sometimes eight of these cars in one day. This is a wooden mine car that is now being rapidly replaced by steel mine car equipment. The number of post shown in this picture indicate again the immense amount of timber required to conduct operations in a safe manner.'

29. Loaded Mine Car

30. Miner Testing for Gas at Consol. No. 32 Mine

'White Oak preparation begins when the machine leaves and the miner is ready to shoot down his coal. The shooting inspector on the left has not only located the hole for the miner to drill, but instructed him as to what angle he must bore his hole to contain the necessary explosive used in dislodging the coal from the seam. The "kerf" made by cutting machine is plainly visible in this picture and you will note the cutting or "bug dust" have been removed before the coal is shot. The length of the auger used by the miner and the width of the bit which determines the size of the hole bored, is also carefully regulated.'

31. Miners Preparing to Shoot Down Coal

'Note the wooden mine car. It is of the Barnestown shaft which was the first shaft, of 100 feet in depth, in the valley.'

32. Miners at Work

Miners using a machine to bolt the mine roof.

33. Roof Bolting in Pursglove No. 15 Coal Mine

34. Miner Testing for Gas in Jamison No. 9 Mine

Two miners operating a loading machine.

35. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

Coal car tracks inside of the mine.

36. Tracks in an Underground Mine

Shows timber roof-support and mine railway track.

37. Elkhorn No. 3 Seam, Mine 206, Kentucky

38. Cavalier No. 206 Mine, Elkhorn No. 3 Seam Showing Top and Bottom Bend

Overcast, where two air currents cross in a mine, at the Jamison Mine No. 9 shaft bottom.

39. Overcast in Jamison No. 9 Mine Shaft Bottom

Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

40. Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

41. Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine.

42. Elevator Controls at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

43. Coal Shuttle in Jamison Mine No. 9

Mine car traveling through the mine.

44. Mine Car

45. Diaphram Pump at Jamison Mine No. 9

46. ITE Circuit Breaker at Jamison Mine No. 9

Jamison No. 9 Mine shaft with a tensioning device on a cable.

47. Rock Dusted Mine Shaft at Jamison No. 9

48. Inter-Floor Lift at Jamison Mine No. 9

49. Electric Shuttle Car at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

50. Loading Machine Discharges Coal into Shuttle Car

Continuous mining machine at work.

51. Continuous Miner in a Tunnel Approximately 4 Feet High

52. Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine

53. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

54. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

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

55. Mining Machinery, Thomas, W. Va.

Men watch as teams participate in safety and rescue training exercises.

56. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

57. Miner in a Shuttle Car

58. Miner with a Horse Down in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company, Maidsville, W. Va.

59. Miners at Work Inside the Mine at Maidsville, W. Va.

Published by Grafton Souvenir. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

60. Interior of a Coal Mine in W. Va.

Vance, a 15 years old trapper boy, whose job it was to open and closed the door, allowing mine trains to enter and exit. Vance earned $1.60 a week.

61. Coal Mine Trapper Boy, Harrison County, W. Va.

62. Support Beams Inside of Killarney Mine, Owned By Lillybrook Coal Co., Killarney, W. Va.

63. Oxen Pull Coal Cart Down Track Through Very Low Ceiling Section of Unidentified Mine

64. Miners Pose for Photograph in Tunnel of Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

65. Coal Miners in Tunnel Near Entrance to Truax Traer Coal Company Owned Mine on Kayford Mountain, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

Coal miners push a large machine on tracks in an unknown mine likely in West Virginia.

66. Miners Push a Mining Machine Along Tracks in an Unknown Mine

Four unidentified men shovel coal.

67. Miners Working at a Coal Mine Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

Two oxen are hooked to a cart carrying coal inside of a mine.

68. Oxen Hauling Coal at Crumpler Mine, McDowell County, W. Va.

Three unidentified coal miners are pictured inside a mine with shovels and an oil lamp.

69. Coal Mining likely in Harrison County, W. Va.