A crowd gathers around a Disco Fuel exhibit, to watch the snoring, mumbling man. The Snoring, Mumbling Man Attracted and Held the Attention of Thousands Each Day of the Fair.
About 15,000 guessed at number of pieces of Disco in transparent barrel. The number of pieces was changed each day of the Fair. One day two people guessed the exact number and both won $100.00 worth of Disco. Participants were limited to Solid Fuel users only.
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, Owings, W. Va.
Date:
1950/10
Description:
Caption on back reads, 'Making a cut in the coal face is this Mastodon of the machine age - an underground cutter. Rubber tired for mobility, and mounting a 9-foot cutting blade armed with whirring steel bits, it can cut a full 360 degree arc. This and similar machines give America's bituminous coal mines almost unlimited capacity for production.'
Shuttle Car at Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Company, at Owings, W. Va.
Date:
1950/10
Description:
Miner driving a shuttle car. 'Shuttle car, fully loaded, rumbles around a curve on its way to the loading terminal where it will unload into mine cars. Such mechanized equipment has a unit cost of about $20,000. Mine No. 32, Consolidation Coal Co., Owings, W. Va.'
Double Decker Drill in Operation at Georgetown Mine, Georgetown, Ohio, Hanna Coal Company
Date:
1950/10
Description:
Caption on back reads, 'Stiff-arming a highwall is the job of this new, double-decker drill in operation at the Georgetown mine, Hanna Coal Co., at Georgetown, Ohio. Fruit of the ingenuity of coal mining engineers, the drill makes two blast holes at different levels in the highwall, permitting a blasting shot that brings down a large section of 'overburden.' The 'overburden,' rock, shale, limestone, clay and other mineral deposits, lies above the coal seam. Surface, or open-pit mining, accounts for 23 percent of total bituminous production. The Georgetown mine is the largest surface mine in the world.'
Night photo of a road sign advertising Disco coal as well as telling how many miles to the plant. Black light flashes on and off. Sign is on the N/S Rt. U.S. 30 East 800' West of End of West Boung Ramp, Huntington Twp.
Night photo of a road sign advertising Disco coal as well as telling how many miles to the plant. Daytime effect between flashes. Sign is on the N/S Rt. U.S. 30 East 800' West of End of West Boung Ramp, Huntington Twp.
