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Four unidentified men shovel coal.

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

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

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

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.

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

4. Miner in a Shuttle Car

5. Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine

Two miners operating a loading machine.

6. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

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

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

8. Miners at Work

'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.'

9. Miners Preparing to Shoot Down Coal

'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.'

10. Loaded Mine Car

11. Miner Placing a Charge

12. Miner Roof Bolting

13. Miner Testing for Gas

Miner works on pile of shot down coal.

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

Miners talking while others run drilling equipment.

15. Miners and Equipment Inside a Coal Mine

Miners and filled coal cars inside a mine.

16. Interior of a Coal Mine