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Mine railway car in unknown mine.

13. Steel Mine Railway Car

14. Sample Steel Car, Orenda New York Central, at Thomas, W. Va.

Mine car with driver in the winter at Thomas, W. Va.

15. Coal Mine Scene, Thomas, W. Va.

Miners posing for a picture outside of an unknown mine. John Williams/Coal Life Project.

16. Coal Miners and Coal Carts Outside of Mine Entrance

A Mine Shuttle Car is in the foreground.

17. Consolidation Coal Company Officials Visiting the Arkwright Mine

Miner talking with two coal officials during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.

18. Miner Talking with Two Coal Officials, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip

Tracks lead to the entrance of an underground coal mine in Thomas, W. Va.  Carts on tracks to the left of the entrance.

19. Coal Mine Entrance in Thomas, W. Va.

Snow cleared off the tracks and cars near a coal mine entrance in Thomas, W. Va.

20. Winter Scene Near the Entrance of a Coal Mine in Thomas, W. Va.

Mine No. 36 motor barn with broken mine cars outside of it.

21. Motor Barn and Bad Cars at Mine No. 36, Thomas, W. Va.

Motor barn with broken mine cars outside at Mine No. 36, Thomas, W. Va.

22. Motor Barn and Bad Cars at Mine No. 36, Thomas, W. Va.

'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.'

23. Loaded Mine Car

Mine car traveling through the mine.

24. Mine Car