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Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.  Trolley car in the foreground.

1777. Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.

Men stand on the porch of the Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.

1778. Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va.

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

1779. Testing for Gas in a Pittsburgh Seam Coal Mine

Group portrait of a posse of men sent after a murderer on April 30, 1912.

1780. Posse After Murderer

This is the first railroad bituminous coal mine in America.  It was at Elkhart, Maryland, between Cumberland and Frostburg.  Opened in 1842, when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered Cumberland.

1781. First Railroad Bituminous Mine in United States at Elkhart, Maryland

Pile of coal in a storage bin.

1782. Coal Storage Bin

Plan for modified longwall mining with a German coal planer (Plow) in the Pocahontas No. 3 coal bed, Keystone, West Virginia. Credit Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior.

1783. Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer (Plow) in the Pocahontas No. 3 Coalbed, Keystone, W. Va.

Plan for modified longwall mining with a German coal planer. Text on back reads, 'Progress report 2: Completion of mining in three adjacent panels in the Pocahontas No. 4 coal bed, Helen, W. Va.' If picture is used for publication please give credit to the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Deptartment of Interior.

1784. Modified Longwall Mining with a German Coal Planer

Group portrait of coal miners in Price Hill, W. Va.

1785. Coal Miners, Price Hill, W. Va.

This sketch shows men, a women and children walking to work.  John Williams/ Coal Life Project.  Rijksmuseumkrller-Mller, Otterlo(G.) Copyright Holland.

1786. Coal Miners on their Way to the Mines by Vincent Van Gogh

Filled coal cars at the Lochgelly Mine in Fayette County, W. Va.

1787. Loading Coal Cars at Lochgelly Mine, Fayette County, W. Va.

Jackhorn five inch lock coal with an automobile in the background.

1788. Jackhorn Five Inch Block Coal