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385. Coal Facility in the Winter

A miner operates a full coal cart down the track coming from Mathies Mine.

386. Coal Train Emerging from Mathies Mine

Coal mining cars being loading under a tipple.  Coal car in the background going down a track.

387. Coal Mine Tipple

Five business men stand inside of a scoop.

388. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Mountaineer Shovel

'Parade held in Blacksburg, Va. by VPI students prior to a football game with Geo. Wash. U.

389. Coal Float in Parade

Miner placing boards down near coal seam at Cavalier Mine No. 206.

390. Miner Placing Boards on the Floor of Cavalier Mine No. 206

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

391. Interior of New England Mine

392. Miner Riding on Filled Coal Car

Two miners cut coal at Pursglove No. 15

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

Mine car traveling through the mine.

394. Mine Car

Pile of coal in mine after shooting it down.

395. Coal After Shooting, Price Hill Colliery Company

396. Aerial View of Consolidation Coal Company Ireland Mine

397. Area Worked by Coal Cutters

398. ITE Circuit Breaker at Jamison Mine No. 9

Miner watches as coal loads into a shuttle car.

399. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

Two men stand outside of New Cinderella, 1942, mine portal.

400. New Cinderella Coal Mine Entrance

401. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Mountaineer Shovel

402. Low Ceiling, Miners Seated in a Shuttle

Two miners put bolts in to the mine rood at Jamison No. 9.

403. Miners Roof Bolt Drilling in Jamison No. 9 Mine

404. Miner Inspecting Coal Cars Exiting the Mine

Miner tests for gas in mine.

405. Testing for Gas

New Cinderella mine buildings and tracks.

406. Fan, Lamp House, Foreman's Office, and Shops at New Cinderella Mine

'Shuttle Cars: Here are pictured loaded and empty shuttle cars sometimes called buggies. Note the noveyor on the bottom of the empty car for unloading the coal at a central loading station, into the mine cars. This equipment is propelled by huge batteries or electric cable and of course requires no track. Track-mounted mechanical loaders load directly into the mine car.'

407. Miners Operating Shuttle Cars

Interior of mine ready for a mining machine to come in and get coal.

408. Ready For Machine, Price Hill Colliery Company

A Joy 10 RU preparing to cut US Royal Cable at Jamison No. 9.  Stonega Coke and Coal.

409. Joy 10 RU Preparing to Cut US Royal Cable at Jamison No. 9

Scenic view of Isabella mine and the town around her.

410. Isabella Mine, Weirton Coal Company

411. Headframe of a Coal Mine

412. Track Inside Jamison No. 9 Coal Mine

Miners take a break and sit on a fence.

413. Miners Resting on Fence

Coal car tracks inside of the mine.

414. Tracks in an Underground Mine

Miner checking for gas on pile of coal after it was shot down.

415. Coal Shot Down and Ready for Loading

Group portrait of children standing in front of the large shovel 'The Mountaineer'.

416. Youngsters in front of the Mountaineer Shovel

Coal mine facilities on a hillside.

417. Coal Mine Facilities at Interstate No. 1

Thickener and settling tank with houses in the background.

418. Thickener and Settling Tank

An 11BU loading machine and a Joy Shuttle car at Jamison No. 9.  Stonega Coke and Coal.

419. Loading Machine and Shuttle Car at Jamison No. 9

Coal on a conveyor belt.

420. Main Conveyor, R.O.M. Coal, Price Hill Colliery Company

Miner drilling a hole for explosives at the Bishop Mine, Pocahontas Fuel Co.

421. Drilling Prior to Placing Explosives at Bishop Mine, Pocahontas Fuel Company

1-Mining machine, electrically operated, 2. Electric locomotive and coal car train leaving mine, 3. Shaker screen for sorting coal according to size, 4. Coal powerhouse and tipple.

422. Coal Mining, Modern Methods of Production

423. Headframe of a Coal Mine

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

424. Miners at Work

A tipple with men around it working.

425. Tipple

Miner operating a Joy loading machine.

426. Joy Loading Machine

'This is an end view of one of our new steel mine cars on a cage at one of the White Oak Shaft mines, and the signal has just been given to hoist it to the surface, 450 feet up! These electric equipped hoists can hoist a car every twenty seconds and dump it! The cars are placed on the cages and automatically by creeper chains and car stops. One man operates the signals and car stops and chains.'

427. Steel Mine Car

'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.'

428. Loaded Mine Car

429. Headframe of a Coal Mine

Two men stand in front the New Cinderella mine entrance.

430. New Cinderella Coal Mine Entrance

Piles of Jackhorn 5 inch block coal.

431. Jackhorn Mine Five Inch Block Coal

Five men stand in a scoop.

432. Tour of Hanna Coal Company Mine Site, Cadiz, Ohio

Pittsburgh Coal Co. Tipple loading a coal car.  Man standing near the tipple.

433. Pittsburgh Coal Company, Mountor Mine No. 9 Tipple

Miners on an electric locomotive used in hauling mine cars.

434. Electric Locomotive Used in Hauling Mine Cars

Miner operating a loading machine.

435. Loading Machine in Operation

Group Portrait of Men Standing Below the Tiger Coal Shovel

436. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Tiger Shovel

Group portrait of business men standing around.

437. Tour of Hanna Coal Company Mine Site, Cadiz, Ohio

Miners and filled coal cars at the Scale House, Crane Creek Mine.

438. Scale House at Crane Creek

439. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

Coal mining tipple loading coal car.

440. Coal Mine Tipple

Miner operating the Railroad car loading control panel.

441. Railroad Car Loading Control Panel

442. Loading Coal in an Unidentified MIne

Three miners putting bolts in the roof at Bishop Mine. Jacks used to hold the roof up while this process was being done.

443. Crew Roof Bolting at Bishop Mine

444. 2200 Volt Junction Box at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9

Miner operating a Joy loading machine.

445. Modern Joy Loading Machine

Jamison No. 9 Mine shaft with a tensioning device on a cable.

446. Rock Dusted Mine Shaft at Jamison No. 9

Miners stand outside of the west portal at Little Bull

447. West Portal, Little Bull Mine

Miner operates a shuttle car that is loaded with coal.

448. Shuttle Car Being Loaded

'Jones Coloder Pocahontas'

449. Loading Machine

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

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

Two men sitting on a bench in a mine in an underground mine.  Sign reads, 'It is a dischargeable offence to run over any cable.'

451. Miners Seated on Bench in an Underground Mine.

452. Headframe of a Coal Mine

Miner drilling holes for explosives at Jamison No. 9.

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

454. Underground Electric Power Center Control Board at Jamison Coal Mine No. 9.

Electric Coal Cars at Consolidation Coal Company, Mine No. 32.

455. 11-Ton Mine Cars of Raw Coal Enroute to Cleaning Plant

456. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 3

Pittsburgh Coal Co. Somers Mine Tipple. Standard Youghiogheny Gas Coal.

457. Somers Mine Tipple

Miners shovel coal into carts for hauling out of mine.

458. Miners Shoveling Coal in Carts

459. Visitors Watching the Mountaineer Coal Shovel at Work

Man working in the Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, built in 1915-1916.

460. Scarbro Mine Hoisting Room and Sub-Station, Built 1915-1916

461. Tour of Hanna Coal Company Mine Site, Cadiz, Ohio

Notice the preparatory cut and the 3 charge-holes near floor of the mine.

462. Coal Nearly Ready to be Shot Down

463. Headframe of a Coal Mine

A miner working with machinery on the exterior of a mine.

464. Miner Working with Machinery Outside of Mine

465. Miners Work on a Loading Machine Inside a Mine

466. Headframe of a Coal Mine

467. Cutting Coal by Machine

Group portrait of business men in scoop.

468. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Mountaineer Shovel

'All white oak mines work the same seam of coal, viz: Sewall. THe face of one of the working places or rooms is shown in this picture. The coal averages about 48 to 50 inches in thickness. This working place is now ready to be cut by the undercutting machine, so it can be shot down be the miner and loaded into cars for transportation to the tipple. The white line on the roof in this picture is the center line of the room set by the engineers to guide the men operating the mining machine in driving the room straight.'

469. Sewall Coal Seam Worked by the New River Coal Company

470. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Mountaineer Shovel

471. Visitors Standing in the Scoop of Hanna Coal Company's Tiger Shovel

Miners and filled coal cars inside a mine.

472. Interior of a Coal Mine

'Showing where encline [sic] was dynamiteed to save lower part of encline [sic]and tipple.

473. Damaged Coal Mine Incline

Miner works on pile of shot down coal.

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

Two miners work with a mining machine. 'Compliments of Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.' John Williams, Coal Life Project.

475. Mining Operating a Cutting Machine

Group portrait of men standing next to large shovel scoop.

476. Tour of Hanna Coal Company Mine Site, Cadiz, Ohio

A photo of three men walking to the mines.

477. Miners On Their Way to Work

Print possibly overexposed.

478. Area worked by Coal Cutters

A miner operates a cart full of coal exiting the mine.

479. Coal Cars Exiting a Mine

480. Headframe of a Coal Mine