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1. Mine Employees Posed in Front of Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

2. Worker Inside Mine, Island Creek Coal Company

On the back: "Jeeps."

3. Portrait of Mine Workers, Island Creek Coal Company

4. Worker Walking Railroad Track Near Mine No. 14, Island Creek Coal Company

5. Workers Near Mine 18, Island Creek Coal Company

6. View of Coal Conveyors Inside Mine Attended by a Worker

7. Mine Employees Posed by a Jeep

8. Portrait of Mine Employees

9. Ferdinand C. Menk Posed with a Mine Worker

10. Miner with a Shuttle Car

11. Miner on an Electric Cart

12. Miners Entering the Mine on an Electric Cart

13. Miner on an Electric Cart

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

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

16. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

17. Coal Loaded in a Shuttle Car

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

19. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

20. Miner at Work Underground in a Coal Mine

21. Miners Roof Bolting

22. Miners Roof Bolting

23. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

24. Coal Miner Works in Tight Quarters

25. Miners Shoring up Ceiling of a Coal Mine

26. Shuttle Car Carrying Timber in the Mine

27. Miner on an Electric Cart

28. Miner Operating a Cutting Machine

29. Miner at Work in a Low Ceiling Coal Mine

30. Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

31. Transporting Lumber for Shoring in a Coal Mine

32. Miner in a Shuttle Car

A view of miners on carts.

33. Miners at Work

34. Miner Operating a Coal Cutting Machine

35. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

36. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

37. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

38. Miner Operates a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

39. Miner Operates a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

40. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

A photograph of coal miners working in a mine. 'Island Creek Coal Sales Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; The following cars of Pocahontas coal were shipped today for account of; 4-Point Pocahontas Coal'

41. Coal Miners at Work

42. Miner and Coal Mine Exhaust Fan

43. Coal Miners at No. 4 Mine Entrance

44. Coal Mine Workers

Photo from WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

45. Coal Train Approaching Mine Entrance Tunnel

Miner shoveling coal as it pours into a coal car.

46. Loading Coal Cars

47. Miner Walking on Tracks Between Coal Cars

Man walking on a train track beside two other tracks with coal cars on them.

48. Miner Walking Along Tracks Next to Coal Carts

Men carrying cans along track with coal cars.

49. Miner Walking Past Loaded Coal Cars

50. Miner Inspecting Coal Cars Exiting the Mine

'This miner has just completed loading a mine oar of coal 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 oar.  An industrious miner will load about six and sometimes eight of these oars in one day.  This is a wooden mine car that is now being rapidly replaced by steel mine car equipment.  The number of posts shown in this picture indi- again [sic] the immense amount of timber required to conduct operations in a safe manner.'

51. Miner and Loaded Mine Car

Miners sit and stand outside of the New River Coal Company Prudence No. 1 Mine located 4 miles from Thurmond, Fayette County, W. Va. '1906 or after.'

52. Miners Outside New River Coal Company No. 1 Mine at Prudence, W. Va.

53. Miners Boarding Shuttle Car

Miners on the K. G. J. & E. tunnel construction crew stand at the tunnel entrance between Mt. Hope and Pax, W. Va.

54. Kanawha Glen Jean and Eastern Railroad Tunnel Construction Crew Working on Tunnel between Mt. Hope and Pax, W. Va.

Miners and a man in a suit pose for a portrait with a mine locomotive.

55. Mine Locomotive, Price Hill Colliery Company

Miner operating a cutting machine.

56. Cutting Machine, Price Hill Colliery Company

Group Portrait of miners. Left: Dean Holland, Ernest Nesius (VP), Harry Hoflin (VP), Roman  Verhoalen (Dean of Extension), John Golay (Provost)

57. First Hand Look at Mining Operations

The group appears to have just completed their shift.

58. Carl Brooks with his Fellow Miners

First overhead bridge. Z.W. Lafon, 711 N. Kana St. Z.W. Lafon last man on right, section foreman and assistant road master.

59. Miners in front of First Overhead Bridge at Mine Entrance

Group portrait of miners, where five of them are on horses.  John Williams, Coal Life Project

60. Mine Crew with their Horse Drawn Carts and Lunch Pails in front of a West Virginia Mine

A photo of three men walking to the mines.

61. Miners On Their Way to Work

Two miners operate a cutting machine. 'Credit must be given to Willaim Vandivert, 21 East Tenth St., New York 3, N.Y., Not to be reproduced without written liscense.'

62. Cutting Machine in Operation

A man drives a locomotive hauling miners out of the Algoma mine.

63. Miners Exiting Mine

64. Miner Boring a Hole Prior to Placing a Charge

65. Low Ceiling, Miners Seated in a Shuttle

Miners stand outside of the west portal at Little Bull

66. West Portal, Little Bull Mine

One man drives an electric locomotive that transports the miners out of the mine.

67. Coal Miners in Carts Exiting Mine

Two miners drill holes prior to placing charges. 'Holes are bored at proper intervals for shooting.'

68. Miners Drilling Holes

Miners place a piece of timber to support the roof of the mine.

69. Setting a Mine Timber Under the Roof

Miner working on a wall in a coal mine with a pick axe.

70. Miner with Pick Axe

A miner shovels coal into a car for removal from the mine.

71. Miner Shoveling Coal

Miner carrying a large piece of wood.

72. African-American Miner Hauling a Roof Support Nail

Miner Drilling a hole in mine.

73. Miner Boring a Hole Prior to Placing a Charge

A miner shovels coal into cart for removal from mine.

74. Miner Loading Cart with Shovel

'Jones Coloder Pocahontas'

75. Loading Machine

Miners take a break and sit on a fence.

76. Miners Resting on Fence

77. Coal Loading Machine in and Unidentified Mine

78. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

Miner with a large machine in the Pocahontas Mine.

79. Pocahontas Mine

Two miners using a machine to cut across the face of a wall in a mine.

80. Cutting Across the Face

Miners shovel coal into carts for hauling out of mine.

81. Miners Shoveling Coal in Carts

Interior of mine shows properly timbered places and spragged car.

82. Miner with Coal Car

Miner entering the entrance to the mine.  Cars loaded with miners in the background.

83. Coal Miner Entering Tunnel

Two miners at work drilling into a wall of coal. John Williams, Coal Life Project.

84. Miners at Work

85. Miner Testing for Gas

Three miners hard at work as coal comes down a conveyor.  Copyright Photo by William Vandivert, 21 East Tenth Street, New York 3, N. Y.

86. Mining Coal

'Interior mine scene shows men using the lard oil miner's lamp and the use of horses as well as mules. New England Mine.'

87. Interior of New England Mine

Group portrait of miners and horses inside a mine. 'Dr. Parkinson said a copy of this picture appeared in Natural Geographic's Pictorical Study of Appalachia.'

88. Miners and Their Horses

A miner operating an electric shuttle car filled with coal.

89. Electric Shuttle Car

'A very small cutting machine or a v.m. drilling machine. Probably a cutting machine'

90. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

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

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

Two miners working to support the roof in the Itmann Coal Co. mine. <br /><br />

92. Miners at Work in an Itmann Coal Company Mine

Miner drilling holes for explosives at Jamison No. 9.

93. Drilling Prior to 'Setting' Explosives at Jamison No. 9

Two miners work with a cutting machine at Pursglove No. 15.

94. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Pursglove No. 15

'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.'

95. Miner Prepares to Load Coal After Shooting

Miners drill two or more holes into coal to place the explosive charges.

96. Drilling Prior to Setting Explosives