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Jackhorn Furnace coal with a tennis ball placed among the blocks.

49. Jackhorn Mine Furnace Coal, Tennis Ball Size

Pile of Jackhorn five inch block coal.

50. Jackhorn Five Inch Block Coal

A painting by Van Gogh that shows slumped over workers walking along with sacks hanging from their heads.  Two children stand in the background. John Williams, Coal Life Project. Rijksmuseumkrller-Mller, Otterlo(G.) Copyright Holland.

51. Coal Miners by Van Gogh

Piles of Jackhorn 5 inch block coal.

52. Jackhorn Mine Five Inch Block Coal

Kelly's Creek Colliery next to railroad.

53. Kelly's Creek Colliery Building

54. Coal Storage Bin

Loaded coal cars on the railraod.

55. Loaded Coal Cars

Bridge over a valley leading to a mine entrance.

56. Bridge to Mine Entrance

57. Miner Explaining Coal Conveyor to Group on a Mine Tour

58. Visitors Riding Mine Cars Into Mine

59. Charles Harry Higinbotham, Superintendent of Mines, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal at Owings, Harrison County, W. Va.

An interior view of a typical mine prior to introduction of modern mechanical machines and loaders.  Coal miners used picks and shovels to remove the "black gold" from beneath the West Virginia hills.

60. Early West Virginia Coal Mine