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This picture shows a days run of coal below Summerlee Tipple just before being moved by the railroad crews. Three cars of stove size, four cars of lump, four cars of egg and eleven cars of slack constitute the loading for the day.<br />Note how the cars are trimmed! What a neat appearance they present! Even the cars of slack are evenly loaded and trimmed. Careful inspection and frequent supervision accounts for results like the camera shows. Every attention is paid to the preparation and marketing of 'White Oak' coal. No detail is to small to receive our most careful attention. Conditions shown here prevail at all the White Oak Mines. Each and every car leaving a White Oak Mine is carefully inspected as loaded by an experienced and competent inspector; all impurities removed and the car fully loaded and properly trimmed just as you see them in this picture.

2029. Summerlee Mine

IDNO:
002031
Title:
Summerlee Mine
Description:
This picture shows a days run of coal below Summerlee Tipple just before being moved by the railroad crews. Three cars of stove size, four cars of lump, four cars of egg and eleven cars of slack constitute the loading for the day.
Note how the cars are trimmed! What a neat appearance they present! Even the cars of slack are evenly loaded and trimmed. Careful inspection and frequent supervision accounts for results like the camera shows. Every attention is paid to the preparation and marketing of 'White Oak' coal. No detail is to small to receive our most careful attention. Conditions shown here prevail at all the White Oak Mines. Each and every car leaving a White Oak Mine is carefully inspected as loaded by an experienced and competent inspector; all impurities removed and the car fully loaded and properly trimmed just as you see them in this picture.
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background.

2030. Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine

IDNO:
002032
Title:
Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine
Description:
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background.
A string of coal cars being loaded.

2031. Coal Cars Being Loaded

IDNO:
002033
Title:
Coal Cars Being Loaded
Description:
A string of coal cars being loaded.
The acid test of coal preparation is to lift your boom to clear and direct the critical eye of the camera against your coal to determine whether or not you are loading your coal properly. This is just what the camera man did in this case. No previous warning or preparation, he just stopped at a tipple, asked the inspector to lift the boom and took this picture. Note again the firmness of this coal in the railroad car; not a trace of slack or impurities.

2032. Pure Coal at the Preparation Plan

IDNO:
002034
Title:
Pure Coal at the Preparation Plan
Description:
The acid test of coal preparation is to lift your boom to clear and direct the critical eye of the camera against your coal to determine whether or not you are loading your coal properly. This is just what the camera man did in this case. No previous warning or preparation, he just stopped at a tipple, asked the inspector to lift the boom and took this picture. Note again the firmness of this coal in the railroad car; not a trace of slack or impurities.
Coal car being filled with coal.

2033. Loaded Coal Car

IDNO:
002035
Title:
Loaded Coal Car
Description:
Coal car being filled with coal.
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background. Taken at the Summerlee mine.

2034. Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine

IDNO:
002036
Title:
Coal Cars with Shed in the Background at Summerlee Mine
Description:
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginian Coal Cars with a shed in the background. Taken at the Summerlee mine.
Coal cars beside some houses and the company store with cars in front of it.

2035. Coal Cars and General Store at Summerlee Mine

IDNO:
002037
Title:
Coal Cars and General Store at Summerlee Mine
Description:
Coal cars beside some houses and the company store with cars in front of it.
Caption on back reads, 'When better coal is prepared, White Oak will load and prepare it. We are proud of this picture of a car of "White Oak" Lump coal. This picture was also taken without the knowledge of the White Oak employees who loaded it. If you drive past any of the White Oak Mines on U.S. Highway 19-21, in Fayette County, W. Va., you will see many just like it.'

2036. White Oak Coal in a Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Car

IDNO:
002038
Title:
White Oak Coal in a Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Car
Description:
Caption on back reads, 'When better coal is prepared, White Oak will load and prepare it. We are proud of this picture of a car of "White Oak" Lump coal. This picture was also taken without the knowledge of the White Oak employees who loaded it. If you drive past any of the White Oak Mines on U.S. Highway 19-21, in Fayette County, W. Va., you will see many just like it.'
Close up of coal in a train car.

2037. Fully Loaded Coal Cars

IDNO:
002039
Title:
Fully Loaded Coal Cars
Description:
Close up of coal in a train car.

2038. Pike Floyd Stove Coal at Dock 5

IDNO:
002040
Title:
Pike Floyd Stove Coal at Dock 5
River terminus at Mt. Carbon with a few houses around.

2039. River Terminus of White Oak Railway at Mount Carbon

IDNO:
002041
Title:
River Terminus of White Oak Railway at Mount Carbon
Description:
River terminus at Mt. Carbon with a few houses around.
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal cars coming out of a loading dock at mine 207.

2040. Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars at Mine 207

IDNO:
002042
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars at Mine 207
Description:
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal cars coming out of a loading dock at mine 207.