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A man stands in the mining shaft holding an instrument to test the gas levels in the mine.

1. Testing for Gas in a Pittsburgh Seam Coal Mine

Two men of the Dunglen No. 11 Mine, owned by Hanna Coal Company, inspecting a piece of equipment in front of a ambulance coal cart.

2. Inspecting Equipment on an Ambulance Cart, Dunglen No. 11 Mine, Hanna Coal Company,

Two men stand in a mine ambulance equipped to haul injured to the outside.

3. Underground Ambulance for Transporting Injured to the Outside, Hanna Coal Co., Dunglen No. 11 Mine

Group portrait of miners in rescue gear at the Mine Rescue Training Station at Kilsyth, W. Va.

4. Miners at the Mine Rescue Training Station, Kilsyth, W. Va.

Mine Safety Training at Eagle Mine Laing No. 1. Standing Left to Right are; U.G. Carter, Director, Mining Extension Service; R.L. Robertson, Mine Foreman; Howard Thompson, Safety Director, Department of Mines; Bennett Ferguson, Mobile Class Instructor; Julius Blaney, Fireboss. Seated Left to Right, Safety Committeemen Thomas Franklin, Clinton Phipps, Bullard Richards and Daniel Bryant, Section Foreman.

5. Mine Safety Training

A display for coal safety with two men getting ready to start a film on a projector screen.

6. Coal Safety Display

The first mining class being taught by U.G. Carter in Logan County, 1938.

7. First Mining Class, Instructor U. G. Carter, Logan County

Early Mining Extension class being taught by U.G. Carter in Logan County, 1938-1940.

8. Mining Class, Logan County

Miners Workshop-Safety and Accident Prevention. Members of local unions from mining counties take this short refresher course to prepare to take the State Mine Examination.

9. Miners' Workshop, Safety and Accident Prevention

Group of miners looking over documents.

10. Mine Safety Training

Let's Work Safe written on the safety cars.

11. Safety Cars for Transporting Miners into Mine, Winding Gulf Collieries

12. Miners and Officials by Safety Cars for Transporting Miners into Mines, Winding Gulf Collieries

13. Miners in Safety Cars for Transportation into the Mine, Winding Gulf Collieries

Miners carrying an injured person on a stretcher while a man films. W.J. Wolf and Frank Brooks the Supt. of Mine 86 are included in the picture.

14. Accident Training at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 86

15. Various Grades of Coal Awaiting Transport

Group portrait of a mine safety team at Thomas, W. Va.

16. Mine Safety Team, Thomas, W. Va.

An emergency stretcher of the Davis Coal and Coke Company at Thomas, W. Va.

17. Emergency Stretcher Outfit

Boswell safety car on tracks outside of a building.

18. Boswell Safety Car, Thomas, W. Va.

Men rehearsing mine safety procedures.

19. Mine Safety Training at Thomas, W. Va.

From left to right: Jake Sibloski, Walter Miller, Louis Roncaglione, Andrew Vargo and Fred Lamb.

20. Scarbro Team which Won the International First Aid Contest at Denver, Colorado in 1920

Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.

21. Safety Day Is Important

Cars line the hillside above the stadium where Safety Day exercises are held.

22. Safety Day Is Important

23. MacDonald Girls First Aid Team at the Tenth Annual First Aid Meet at Scarbro, W. Va.

24. Miners Riding Safety Man-Trip Cars in Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine