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Mine railway car in unknown mine.

1. Steel Mine Railway Car

Miner in electric locomotive at the Willow Grove Haulageway, Pittsburgh Consol. Coal Co.

2. Miner Operates an Electric Locomotive in the Willow Grove Haulageway, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company

Miners posing for a picture outside of an unknown mine. John Williams/Coal Life Project.

3. Coal Miners and Coal Carts Outside of Mine Entrance

Two men operating a loading machine.

4. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

Thurmond Coal Co. head house with a group of men standing outside of it.

5. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

Man standing on railroad tracks next to tipple.

6. Thurmond Coal Company Tipple

Forrested area with building in the background.

7. Dunedin Coal Company Tipple

Houses in the Dunedin Coal camp.

8. Dunedin Coal Company Camp Houses

Houses at the Dunedin Coal Co. camp.

9. Dunedin Coal Company Camp Houses

Men standing outside of the No. 2 Head House of the Thurmond Coal Co.

10. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

11. New River Company Employees who helped at the Benwood Mine Disaster.

Group portrait of miners and rescue equipment.  This group took first place at competitions St. Louis.  From Left to Right: Frank Colline, Edward Graff, Howard Samuels, Andrew Lightfoot, R.P. Nicholls and Fred Lamb.

12. New River Coal and Coke Company's International Mine Rescue Champions

Klondyke Mine, Dunn Loop was the largest producer in the field. 'Dunn Loop Coal and Const. Chartered in W. Va. on Feb. 16, 1893.'

13. Klondyke Mine, Dunn Loop, 'Largest Producer in the Field'

'West Virginia has produced 20 percent of all the coal mined in the United States since 1800, a survey shows. The survey, by the Bituminous Coal Institute, also showed that during the 20 years from 1930 through 1949, West Virginia led all states in soft coal production. Picture courtesy of the W. Va. Dept. of Labor.'

14. Miner Checking for Gas

'Miners walking from slope entry in background toward wash house at end of shift. Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Co. W. Va.'

15. Miners Walking to Wash House, Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Company, W. Va.

Two miners standing next to drilling machine.

16. Miners Operating a Drilling Machine at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 32

'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.'

17. Filming in a Coal Mine

View of the Beechwood mine buildings.

18. Fairmont Coal Company, Beechwood Mine

A man stands atop a filled coal car. 'Loading coal into railroad gondolas is made easy by structures called 'tipples.' The pictured tipple is typical of those to be found throughout the rich bituminous coal fields of southern West Virginia.'

19. Coal Mine Tipple

Viropa mine tipple with train to the left.

20. Viropa Mine Tipple, Fairmont Coal Company

Cranberry Mine tipple and surrounding buildings.

21. Cranberry Tipple

A small house sits next to the tipple. Filled coal cars are on the tracks.

22. Fairmont Coal Company Ehlen Mine Tipple

Fairmont Coal Co. Solon Mine tipple loading coal cars.

23. Fairmont Coal Company, Solon Mine Tipple

Stanaford Tipple loading coal cars.  Coal cars moving up and down hill on tracks.

24. Stanaford Wooden Tipple

Early Stanaford Wooden Tipple- later acquired from Eastern Gas and Fuel.

25. Stanaford Wooden Tipple

Tipple and coal buildings present.

26. Enterprise Mine Tipple, Fairmont Coal Company

Tipple and tracks with filled RR cars present.

27. Tipple at Consolidation Coal Company Williams Mine

High Lane Mine tipple and surrounding buildings.

28. Tipple at Fairmont Coal Company, High Lane Mine

'1935 - Continental Coal Company; 1941 - Brock Coal Company; 1943 - Christopher Coal Company.'

29. Brock No. 4 Tipple

'1935 - Continental Coal Company; 1941 - Brock Coal Company; 1943 - Christopher Coal Company.'

30. Brock No. 4 Tipple

31. Building the Tipple at Miracle Run Mine

Tipple with filled RR cars.

32. Consolidation Coal Company Fairmont Tipple

Oakwood Steel Tipple loading coal cars.  Men standing on the coal in the cars.

33. Oakwood Mine Tipple

Tipple under construction.

34. Mine No. 38 Tipple Under Construction

Coal tipple at Red Parrot.  Large chute coming from the coal mine. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad car being filled.

35. Coal Tipple at Red Parrot

"Mine cars with 6 to 8 tons of raw R/M moving to rotary dump -Arkwright."

36. Tipple and Coal Cars at Arkwright Mine

A view of the Fairmont Coal Co. West Fork Mine tipple.

37. Tipple at the Fairmont Coal Company West Fork Mine

A view of the Fairmont Coal Co. Dunham Mine tipple.

38. Tipple at the Fairmont Coal Company Dunham Mine

View of the Fairmont Coal Co. Monongah Mine No. 2 tipple.

39. Tipple at the Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mine No. 2

A view of the Fairmont Coal Co. Riverdale Mine tipple.

40. Tipple at the Fairmont Coal Company Riverdale Mine

Filled railroad cars at the Collins Colliery Tipple. There is a water reservoir in the background.

41. Collins Colliery Tipple

Tipple on a hillside, possibly Cranberry or Summerlee.

42. Coal Tipple

Coal cars going under tipple, Cranberry or Summerlee Mine.

43. Coal Tipple

Two men walking away from either Cranberry or Summerlee tipple loading coal cars.

44. Coal Tipple

Chesapeake and Ohio coal cars full of coal.

45. Loaded Coal Cars at Summerlee or Cranberry

A site of a mine accident.

46. Mine Accident, W. Va.

A site of a mine accident.

47. Mine Accident, W. Va.

'Island Creek Coal Sales Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; The following cars of Pocahontas coal were shipped today for account of; 4-Point Pocahontas Coal'

48. Pond Creek Pocahontas Co. No. 4 Coal Mine Tipple and Buildings