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Bridge over a valley leading to a mine entrance.

25. Bridge to Mine Entrance

IDNO:
001798
Title:
Bridge to Mine Entrance
Description:
Bridge over a valley leading to a mine entrance.

26. Miner Explaining Coal Conveyor to Group on a Mine Tour

IDNO:
002212
Title:
Miner Explaining Coal Conveyor to Group on a Mine Tour

27. Visitors Riding Mine Cars Into Mine

IDNO:
002213
Title:
Visitors Riding Mine Cars Into Mine

28. Charles Harry Higinbotham, Superintendent of Mines, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal at Owings, Harrison County, W. Va.

IDNO:
026758
Title:
Charles Harry Higinbotham, Superintendent of Mines, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal at Owings, Harrison County, W. Va.
An interior view of a typical mine prior to introduction of modern mechanical machines and loaders. Coal miners used picks and shovels to remove the "black gold" from beneath the West Virginia hills.

29. Early West Virginia Coal Mine

IDNO:
030104
Title:
Early West Virginia Coal Mine
Description:
An interior view of a typical mine prior to introduction of modern mechanical machines and loaders. Coal miners used picks and shovels to remove the "black gold" from beneath the West Virginia hills.

30. Coal Mine Entrance and Buildings at Rosemont, Near Astor, W. Va.

IDNO:
030217
Title:
Coal Mine Entrance and Buildings at Rosemont, Near Astor, W. Va.

31. Rosemont Coal Company, Rosemont, W. Va.

IDNO:
030219
Title:
Rosemont Coal Company, Rosemont, W. Va.
'Delmar #4 opening just left of top of the hill; Rt. 76 in background; Rosemont to the right Bridgeport to left; photo taken from bottom of tipple.'

32. Coal Cars at Rosemont, W. Va.

IDNO:
030220
Title:
Coal Cars at Rosemont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920-1930
Description:
'Delmar #4 opening just left of top of the hill; Rt. 76 in background; Rosemont to the right Bridgeport to left; photo taken from bottom of tipple.'
The photo taken in front of Woodburn Hall, Morgantown, W. Va.

33. Class Members of a Short Course in Coal Mining, West Virginia University

IDNO:
032431
Title:
Class Members of a Short Course in Coal Mining, West Virginia University
Date:
1922/06/12-1922/07/22
Description:
The photo taken in front of Woodburn Hall, Morgantown, W. Va.
A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md. The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia. This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft. Last worked in 1918. The plant dismantled.

34. Trees and Plants on Scotch Hill Coal Property, Preston County, West Virginia

IDNO:
033495
Title:
Trees and Plants on Scotch Hill Coal Property, Preston County, West Virginia
Date:
1950/05/21
Description:
A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md. The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia. This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft. Last worked in 1918. The plant dismantled.
A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md. The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia. This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft. Last worked in 1918. The plant dismantled.

35. Sealed Mine Shaft, Preston County, West Virginia

IDNO:
033496
Title:
Sealed Mine Shaft, Preston County, West Virginia
Date:
1950/06/21
Description:
A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md. The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia. This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft. Last worked in 1918. The plant dismantled.
A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md. The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia. This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft. Last worked in 1918. The plant dismantled. Shown here is an opening of the shaft 14 x 24 ft. covered by reinforced concrete slab.

36. Reinforced Concrete Slab Covering Mine Shaft Opening, Preston County, West Virginia

IDNO:
033497
Title:
Reinforced Concrete Slab Covering Mine Shaft Opening, Preston County, West Virginia
Date:
1950/06/21
Description:
A view of mine facilities of Scotch Hill Coal Property's Company, Cumberland, Md. The mine shaft is in Newburg in Preston County, West Virginia. This shaft worked the Freeport Coal at 265 ft. and the Kittanning Coal at 365 ft. Last worked in 1918. The plant dismantled. Shown here is an opening of the shaft 14 x 24 ft. covered by reinforced concrete slab.