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One man drives an electric locomotive that transports the miners out of the mine.

649. Coal Miners in Carts Exiting Mine

'The coal field doctor is paid monthly by the miners to keep the miners and their families well.'

650. Coal Field Doctor

Miners take a break from placing timber that helps support the roof.

651. Placing Timber Supports in a Mine at Mill Creek, W. Va.

652. Miner Boring a Hole Prior to Placing a Charge

Three miners work on a piece of machinery at Elkhorn, W. Va.

653. Crozer Coal and Coke Company, Elkhorn, W. Va.

'Scene from a coal mine 300 ft. under a mountain in W. Va., where W.E. Austin, movie cameraman for the Norfolk and Western RR is shown taking what are believed to be first color movies inside a mine.'

654. Filming in a Coal Mine

Children make crafts while older people watch over them.

655. Children in Handicraft Hour

Miners at work after installing mercury vapor lights over picking table at McComas, W. Va., American Coal Co.

656. Miners at Picking Table After Installion of Mercury Vapor Lights Overhead, American Coal Company, McComas, W. Va.

657. Pictures by International News

Row of houses along a dirt road with a few cars parked out front. Sign reads: 'Notice, speed limit 15 miles per hour, persons exceeding this limit will be prosecuted'.

658. Row of Coal Company Houses

Row of houses with a few kids present in the yards.

659. Miner's Dwellings, Jewell Ridge Coal Company, Jewell Ridge, W. Va.

Women buy clothes from a man in a truck.

660. Bargain Day on Holden's Main Street