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Two men standing in front of a newly constructed tunnel.

421. Railroad Tracks Lead into a Recently Completed Tunnel

Men stand around as filled coal cars arrive as empty ones leave at this tipple at Dothan, W. Va.  House in the background is still standing in 2005.

422. Miners and Coal Cars on Tipple at Dothan, W. Va.

Miners on the K. G. J. & E. tunnel construction crew stand at the tunnel entrance between Mt. Hope and Pax, W. Va.

423. Kanawha Glen Jean and Eastern Railroad Tunnel Construction Crew Working on Tunnel between Mt. Hope and Pax, W. Va.

424. Miners Boarding Shuttle Car

Miners sit and stand outside of the New River Coal Company Prudence No. 1 Mine located 4 miles from Thurmond, Fayette County, W. Va. '1906 or after.'

425. Miners Outside New River Coal Company No. 1 Mine at Prudence, W. Va.

A close-up view of the Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Tipple and Conveyor Gallery, Williams River Mine, October 1947.

426. Tipple and Conveyor Gallery at Gauley Mountain Coal Company's Williams River Mine

View of the Gauley Mountain Coal Company, Tipple and Conveyor Gallery, Williams River Mine, October, 1947.

427. Tipple and Conveyor Gallery at Gauley Mountain Coal Company's Williams River Mine

Taken at Cranberry mine, Chesapeake and Ohio Coal cars being filled under a tipple.

428. Loading Coal Cars at the Cranberry Mine Tipple

'This miner has just completed loading a mine oar of coal 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 oar.  An industrious miner will load about six and sometimes eight of these oars in one day.  This is a wooden mine car that is now being rapidly replaced by steel mine car equipment.  The number of posts shown in this picture indi- again [sic] the immense amount of timber required to conduct operations in a safe manner.'

429. Miner and Loaded Mine Car

Chesapeake Coal Car getting loaded off of coal ramp.

430. Loading Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars

Tipple loading coal mining cars are shown.

431. Coal Mine Tipple

432. Miner Inspecting Coal Cars Exiting the Mine