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Front Row 'Left to Right'; N.T. Berry, North Western-Hanna, R.C. Larsen,North Western-Hanna, J.J. Larsen, North Western-Hanna. Back Row 'Left to Right'; Robert O'Conner, North Western-Hanna, J.E. Fier, North Western-Hanna, G.M. Allis, North Western-Hanna, M.L. Zhan, North Western-Hanna, Alfred Christopherson, North Western-Hanna, Harry Turner, Superintendent, Loveridge Mine.

49. Employees of the Loveridge Mine

Men in suits with coveralls over top of them wearing hardhats and head lamps.

50. Coal Officials on a Mine Tour

Group of miners in a safety class.

51. Miners in Safety Class

Two dogs harnessed to coal carts. About 1890, Ohio Coal Mine. This photograph is the property of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.

52. Dogs in Harness, Ohio Coal Mine

53. Coal Miners

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.'

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

Line of cars filled with miners. Picture copied Feb. 1979 from Coal Age, Vol 9, 1916 Jan-June. From article "Raleigh Mining Institute, Department of Human Interest," June 3, 1916, issue, pix page 977, top.

55. Raleigh Coal and Coke Company Miners and Their Autos

'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.'

56. Miner Prepares to Load Coal After Shooting

Miner operating a loading machine outside of a mine.

57. Loading Machine at MacAlpin Coal Company

Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.

58. Safety Day Is Important

Group portrait of the New River Coal Company band in uniform standing on steps.

59. New River Coal Company Band

Group of people with instruments. 'Many NRC towns had own orchestras.'

60. New River Coal Company Employee Orchestra

Miners in cars about to go down to the pit.  Photograph courtesy of the Farm Security Administration.

61. Man Trip to the Working Face

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

62. Drilling Prior to Setting Explosives

63. Miner Walking on Tracks Between Coal Cars

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

64. First Hand Look at Mining Operations

Plaque says 'The Resting Place of Real Union People.'

65. Plaque on Archway at the Entrance to the Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Illinois

66. Entrance to Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Ill.

67. Entrance to Miner's Cemetery, Mt. Olive, Ill.

68. Coal Miners Riding on a Shuttle

69. Plaque at Miners Cemetery

Men at work with loading machine and shuttle car. Probably Joy Machinery.

70. Miners Operating a Loading Machine

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

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

Miner running a continuous mining machine.

72. Continuous Mining Machine

Two miners work with a machine to undercut coal.

73. Miners Undercutting Coal with Machine

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

74. Safety Posts

Photo from WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

75. Coal Train Approaching Mine Entrance Tunnel

76. Coal Miners at No. 4 Mine Entrance

A photograph of two miners in a mine with a piece of equipment.

77. Miners with Drilling Equipment

Possibly WVU faculty.

78. Miners and Mining Officials

79. Mine Rescue Crewman

80. Miner and Coal Mine Exhaust Fan

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'

81. Coal Miners at Work

82. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

83. Miner Operates a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

84. Miner Operates a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

85. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

86. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

87. Miners Operate a Drilling Machine in an Unidentified Mine

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

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

A group of coal miners are gathered outside of the mining facilities likely somewhere in West Virginia or Pennsylvania. Subjects unidentified.

89. Coal Miners Taking a Lunch Break

Four unidentified men shovel coal.

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

Miners light up cigarettes and sit on rail cars. Subjects unidentified.

91. Miners Taking a Break after a Hard Day's Work Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

An unidentified coal miner leads the coal cart across the rails.

92. Cable Reel Locomotive Transporting Coal at Lady Dunn Mine

Two unidentified men stand on the railway that leads into the mine entrance.

93. Mine Entrance Likely Somewhere in West Virginia

A group of coal miners sort through samples of coal. Subjects unidentified.

94. Coal Miners Sorting Coal, Likely West Virginia

Two men stand outside of the building beside parked cars.

95. Store, Commissary, Office, and Doctor's Office for Cedar Grove Collieries Inc. & Supply Company

A coal miner at the Cedar Grove Collieries Inc. & Supply Co. mine observes as a loading boom drops coal between the rails into a hopper, which is carried by a conveyor to the river tipple and barges.

96. Loading Booms at Cedar Grove Mine Dropping Coal into Hoppers for Transportation to Kanawha River, Cedar Grove, W. Va.