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- IDNO:
- 002991
- Title:
- Mining Operating a Cutting Machine
- Description:
- 'All White Oak mines are electrically equipped and of course this mining machine is operated by electricity. The machine is mounted and transported on a specially designed truck and moves under its own power from one working place to another. It is taken from the truck by the machine operator and his helper and moved to the place of the coal and place in cutting position as you see it in this picture. The machine consists of an endless chain with 'bits' inserted, which act as cutters. The machine cuts a 'kerf' or hole along the bottom of the coal about 4 inches high and extending back six feet under the coal. The fine coal made by this machine is what is commonly known as 'bug dust.' Cutting machines are operated at night and each machine is capable of cutting twenty places on each shift. These machines are operated on tonnage basis and these operators earn high wages.'
- IDNO:
- 002992
- Title:
- Crew Roof Bolting at Bishop Mine
- Description:
- Three miners putting bolts in the roof at Bishop Mine. Jacks used to hold the roof up while this process was being done.
- IDNO:
- 002993
- Title:
- Electric Locomotive Used in Hauling Mine Cars
- Description:
- Miners on an electric locomotive used in hauling mine cars.
- IDNO:
- 002994
- Title:
- Jamison No. 9 Mine Locomotive
- Description:
- Miners stand next to a large locomotive at Jamison No. 9.
- IDNO:
- 002995
- Title:
- Dispatcher at Mine No. 32
- Date:
- 1947
- Description:
- Dispatcher in office outside of mine. 'Credit must be given to William Vandivert, and picture is not to be reproduced without written license.'
- IDNO:
- 002996
- Title:
- Miner Operating an Electric Locomotive
- Description:
- 'An Electric Locomotive: Good dependable motive power is just as necessary in a coal mine as on a railroad. This picture shows on of White Oak's ten ton electric locomotives used to haul loads and distrubute empties in our mines. A crew consists of a motorman and brakeman, or trip rider, who pull loads from the working places to convenient sidings where they are picked up by main line locomotives, who haul to the tipple or shaft bottom. A large producing mine uses fifteen and twenty locomotives and five hundred mine cars in maintaining production.'
- IDNO:
- 002997
- Title:
- Miners Preparing to Shoot Down White Oak Coal
- Description:
- 'White Oak preparation begins when the machine leaves and the miner is ready to shoot down his coal. The shooting inspector on the left has not only located the hole for the miner to drill, but instructed him as to what angle he must bore his hole to contain the necessary explosive used in dislodging the coal from the seam. The kerf made by the cutting machine is plaining visible in this picture and you will note the cuttings of bug dust have been removed before the coal is shot. The length of the auger used by the miner and the width of the bit which determines the size of the hole bored, is also carefully regulated.'
- IDNO:
- 002998
- Title:
- Miners and Horses of Acme Mine on Cabin Creek
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Miners and horses at Acme Mine on Cabin Creek posed for a group portrait.
- IDNO:
- 002999
- Title:
- Young Driver in Mine, Brown Mine, Brown, W. Va.
- Description:
- Lewis Hine, photographer took this picture of a young driver in Brown Mine, Brown, 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.
- IDNO:
- 003001
- Title:
- Miners Working with Loading Machine
- Date:
- 1959/04/07
- Description:
- Miners at work. 'Mountaineer Coal Co., Division of Consolidation Coal Co.'
- IDNO:
- 003002
- Title:
- Miner Placing Boards on the Floor of Cavalier Mine No. 206
- Description:
- Miner placing boards down near coal seam at Cavalier Mine No. 206.
