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13. Miners at Work in Bethlehem Mine, Barrackville, W. Va.

IDNO:
002970
Title:
Miners at Work in Bethlehem Mine, Barrackville, W. Va.
Hutchinson Mine is located in Marion County.

14. Horse Drawn Coal Car and Miner in Hutchinson Mine, Hutchinson, W. Va.

IDNO:
003000
Title:
Horse Drawn Coal Car and Miner in Hutchinson Mine, Hutchinson, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Hutchinson Mine is located in Marion County.
'Machine, helper and crew. 350 tons a day, per 8 hour shift.'

15. Continuous Mining Machine, Helper and Crew

IDNO:
003056
Title:
Continuous Mining Machine, Helper and Crew
Description:
'Machine, helper and crew. 350 tons a day, per 8 hour shift.'
'Interior mine scene shows men using the lard oil miner's lamp and the use of horses as well as mules. New England Mine.'

16. Interior of New England Mine

IDNO:
003074
Title:
Interior of New England Mine
Description:
'Interior mine scene shows men using the lard oil miner's lamp and the use of horses as well as mules. New England Mine.'
This miner is mostly likely testing for gas in the Bethlehem Mine at Barrackville.

17. Miner Testing Air in Barrackville Mine, Marion County W. Va.

IDNO:
003078
Title:
Miner Testing Air in Barrackville Mine, Marion County W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
This miner is mostly likely testing for gas in the Bethlehem Mine at Barrackville.
View of the Beechwood mine buildings.

18. Fairmont Coal Company, Beechwood Mine

IDNO:
003196
Title:
Fairmont Coal Company, Beechwood Mine
Description:
View of the Beechwood mine buildings.
A Fairmont Coal Company operation showing the tipple connected to a preparation building with smokestacks.

19. Monongah Mine No. 6, Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
003358
Title:
Monongah Mine No. 6, Marion County, W. Va.
Description:
A Fairmont Coal Company operation showing the tipple connected to a preparation building with smokestacks.
'The Gaston Gas Coal Company, Gaston Mine Plant. Located one half mile South of Hunsaker Bridge on West Fork River. Owned by James Otis Watson and successor to American Coal Company's mining plant, built in 1852 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot. This mine founded in 1875, closed in 1925. Picture shows 15 drop-bottom railroad cars called 'Hoppers.' These cars average 55 ton coal carrying capacity.'

20. Miners at Gaston Mine Plant

IDNO:
003359
Title:
Miners at Gaston Mine Plant
Date:
undated
Description:
'The Gaston Gas Coal Company, Gaston Mine Plant. Located one half mile South of Hunsaker Bridge on West Fork River. Owned by James Otis Watson and successor to American Coal Company's mining plant, built in 1852 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot. This mine founded in 1875, closed in 1925. Picture shows 15 drop-bottom railroad cars called 'Hoppers.' These cars average 55 ton coal carrying capacity.'

21. Coal Preparation Plant in Despard, W. Va.

IDNO:
003361
Title:
Coal Preparation Plant in Despard, W. Va.
A few mine buildings and some houses.

22. Coaling Station

IDNO:
003365
Title:
Coaling Station
Description:
A few mine buildings and some houses.
Federal Mine No. 1 mine plant at Grant Town, W. Va.

23. Federal Mine No. 1, Grant Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
003368
Title:
Federal Mine No. 1, Grant Town, W. Va.
Description:
Federal Mine No. 1 mine plant at Grant Town, W. Va.
'An overall view of the new plant at Williams No. 98 Mine of Consolidation Coal Compnay (W. Va.) is shown. Coal comes from the mine on a 558 foot conveyor belt at the left to the top of the plant past the old tipple (shown dark against the new structure) which is now being removed. Through intricate processes it is screened and sized and loaded into railroad cars on four tracks which pass under the tipple (center). Impurities removed from the coal are carried on another long conveyor to a hilltop slate dump shown in the extreme upper right corner. This mine is named for Eugene Williams of Romney, W. Va. Mr. Williams is Chairman of the Board of Western Maryland Railroad. Williams Preparation Plant, convering over three acres of floor space on eight levels is a steel and concrete structure 100 feet high and fully enclosed without a single window. this windowless 'factory' is a mystifying innovation to all who visit the plant. It is equipped with a ventilating system, fluorescent lighting, and a complete vacuum type dust collection system that gather in all air borne particles at their source. All of these measures promote health, safety and good housekeeping. The raw coal is delivered to the preparation plant at a rate of 450 tons per hour by a 558 foot belt which picks up the coal at the rotary mine car dump at the bottom of the slope. After the coal is crushed down to 5 inch top size the raw coal is fed into a 15 foot diameter chance cone yielding 278 tons of 'float-kleen' coal per hour. The washing process operates on the principle of gravity separation, a fluid mass of sand and water being utilized as the density medium. Designed and built by Fairmont Machinery Company placed in operation March 31, 1953; No windows, dust collection system; track storage, 100 empties, 80 loads; Present daily capacity, 8500 tons; potential daily capacity, 15,000 tons; coal reserves, 80,000,000 tones, Pittsburgh seam; slack dried, centrifugal and thermal dryers; oil treating facilities for stoker grades; served by two railroads, WM and B&O; Plant named for Eugene Williams of Romney, W. Va. Board Chairman of the Western Maryland Railroad.'

24. Williams Preparation Plant, Consolidation Coal Company

IDNO:
003386
Title:
Williams Preparation Plant, Consolidation Coal Company
Date:
ca. 1953
Description:
'An overall view of the new plant at Williams No. 98 Mine of Consolidation Coal Compnay (W. Va.) is shown. Coal comes from the mine on a 558 foot conveyor belt at the left to the top of the plant past the old tipple (shown dark against the new structure) which is now being removed. Through intricate processes it is screened and sized and loaded into railroad cars on four tracks which pass under the tipple (center). Impurities removed from the coal are carried on another long conveyor to a hilltop slate dump shown in the extreme upper right corner. This mine is named for Eugene Williams of Romney, W. Va. Mr. Williams is Chairman of the Board of Western Maryland Railroad. Williams Preparation Plant, convering over three acres of floor space on eight levels is a steel and concrete structure 100 feet high and fully enclosed without a single window. this windowless 'factory' is a mystifying innovation to all who visit the plant. It is equipped with a ventilating system, fluorescent lighting, and a complete vacuum type dust collection system that gather in all air borne particles at their source. All of these measures promote health, safety and good housekeeping. The raw coal is delivered to the preparation plant at a rate of 450 tons per hour by a 558 foot belt which picks up the coal at the rotary mine car dump at the bottom of the slope. After the coal is crushed down to 5 inch top size the raw coal is fed into a 15 foot diameter chance cone yielding 278 tons of 'float-kleen' coal per hour. The washing process operates on the principle of gravity separation, a fluid mass of sand and water being utilized as the density medium. Designed and built by Fairmont Machinery Company placed in operation March 31, 1953; No windows, dust collection system; track storage, 100 empties, 80 loads; Present daily capacity, 8500 tons; potential daily capacity, 15,000 tons; coal reserves, 80,000,000 tones, Pittsburgh seam; slack dried, centrifugal and thermal dryers; oil treating facilities for stoker grades; served by two railroads, WM and B&O; Plant named for Eugene Williams of Romney, W. Va. Board Chairman of the Western Maryland Railroad.'