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61. Cutting Coal Preparatory to Shooting It Down for Loading

Two men cutting coal in the parting.

62. Cutting Coal with Cavalier

Man cutting coal in Consol. Coal Co. Mine in Kentucky. Note the roof supports using jacks.

63. Miner Cutting Coal in Consol Mine in Kentucky

64. Joy Manufacturing Company Continuous Mining Machine

Two men operating a loading machine.

65. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

Two miners operate the breast type coal cutting machine.

66. Breast Type Coal Cutting Machine, Consol Mine No. 26, Watson, W. Va.

Two miners operate a track mounted coal cutting machine.

67. Track Mounted Cutting Machine

Caption on back reads, 'Making a cut in the coal face is this Mastodon of the machine age - an underground cutter.  Rubber tired for mobility, and mounting a 9-foot cutting blade armed with whirring steel bits, it can cut a full 360 degree arc.  This and similar machines give America's bituminous coal mines almost unlimited capacity for production.'

68. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, Owings, W. Va.

Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

69. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine in Pursglove No. 15 Mine

70. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

71. Miner Operates a Coal Cutting Machine Prior to Blasting

Two men working with a rubber tire mounted cutting machine.

72. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine