Cutting Machine in Operation at the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine, Pocahontas, Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cutting machine in operation at the Pocahontas Exhibition mine, Pocahontas Va. on the Norfolk and Western Railway. 'Permission is granted to reproduce this photograph only on condition that all reproduction shall bear the following credit line: Photograph by Norfolk and Western Railway.'
Two miners work with a cutting machine at Mine 206, Kentucky. 'This material is the property of the Consolidation Coal Co. and must be returned promptly to: Advertising Department, Consolidation Coal Company, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y.
'This very coarse lumpy mine run coal is the result of proper shooting. The miner is paid on a tonnage basis for loading this coal into mine cars. He is required to watch his coal carefully as he loads it and see that no impurities become mixed with the coal.'
Pennsylvania Coal Mine Breaker Boys Posing on a Mule
Date:
ca. 1902-1903
Description:
Pennsylvania coal miner boys posing on mule. 'This photoprint is issued by the State Historical Society with the understanding that it is for one time use only, if additional written permission is obtained. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied for resale or distribution as a photoprint, used as agency stock, or used in any other enterprise. It may not be transferred into other hands nor to another combination of interests for republication. Refer requests for use back to the Society, citing negative number if shown. Credit to State Historical Society of Wisconsin.'
Shuttle Car at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, at Owings, W. Va.
Date:
1950/10
Description:
Miner driving a shuttle car. 'Shuttle car, fully loaded, rumbles around a curve on its way to the loading terminal where it will unload into mine cars. Such mechanized equipment has a unit cost of about $20,000. Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Co., Owings, W. Va.'