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Coal buildings and a conveyor are shown in this panoramic view of the Williams Preparation Plant.

2605. Williams Preparation Plant, Consolidation Coal Company

Miners clothes hanging from the ceiling in the Ireland Mine bathhouse.

2606. Ireland Mine Shamrock Portal Bathhouse

Three large showers with four shower heads per one stall

2607. Showers at Ireland Mine Shamrock Portal Bathhouse

Early water supply for residences. The steps lead up to the homes.

2608. Hand Pump Water Supply for Miner's Houses

Men taking showers in a bath house at Monongah Central Shop.

2609. Bath House at the Monongah, W. Va., Central Shop

Coal facilty with wheel axel in front of the building.

2610. Coal Facility

Group of miners sitting on benches relaxing.

2611. Miners Relaxing at Jamison No. 9 Mine

2612. Edison Self Service Lamp Room at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

2613. Day Shift Miners Leaving the Elevator at Jamison No. 9 Mine

'Eckhart mine located between Cumberland and Frostburg, Maryland. This was the first railroad shipping mine in America. it was opened in 1842 when the B&O railroad reached Cumberland, Maryland's George's Creek Coal field. This mine and James Otis Watson's mine opened at Fairmont, Virginia in 1852 were the nucleuses of the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. This was the first mine in America to be located on a railway.'

2614. Eckhart Mine Between Cumberland and Frostburg, Md.

New River Siltix Mine next to road.

2615. New River Siltix Mine Entrance

Miners and filled coal cars inside a mine.

2616. Interior of a Coal Mine