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Miner placing boards in Cavalier Mine No. 206.

49. Miner Placing Boards on the Floor of Cavalier Mine No. 206

'Safety first is stressed in every possible way in White Oak mines. Note the posts set to protect this man at his labor. He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his work place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night ready for him to work tomorrow.'

50. Miner Waiting for Mine Car

Miners use large drill to place charges in holes deep in the coal. 'William Vandivert, Not to be reproduced without written liscense.'

51. Drilling Prior to Placing the Charge

A miner works on a piece of machinery on the interior of the mine. John Williams, Coal Life Project.

52. Miner Working on Machinery

Miner waiting for shuttle car to be loaded.

53. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

Miners stand next to a large locomotive at Jamison No. 9.

54. Jamison No. 9 Mine Locomotive

Man standing in a lab with lots of machinery. 'U.S. Bureau of Mines Photo Proof Print.'

55. Mine Machinery

Two miners work on putting in roof bolts in the Pittsburgh Seam. Timber jack used to hold the roof while bolting.

56. Miners Roof Bolting

Two miners pose for a picture beside railroad tracks.

57. Miners by the Railroad Tracks at an Unknown Location

Miner tests for gas after shooting of coal in Bishop's Mine, Poca Fuel Co.?

58. Testing for Gas After Shooting at Bishop's Mine

A miner is operating a cutting machine at the Price Hill Colliery Co. mine

59. Miner Operating a Cutting Machine, Price Hill Colliery Company

Man in tram car in mine in the Winifrede Coal Seam, Kanawha County, W. Va. 'Geological Survey.'

60. Winifrede Coal Seam, Kanawha County, W. Va.