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Early water supply for residences. The steps lead up to the homes.

2617. Hand Pump Water Supply for Miner's Houses

Men taking showers in a bath house at Monongah Central Shop.

2618. Bath House at the Monongah, W. Va., Central Shop

Coal facilty with wheel axel in front of the building.

2619. Coal Facility

Group of miners sitting on benches relaxing.

2620. Miners Relaxing at Jamison No. 9 Mine

2621. Edison Self Service Lamp Room at the Jamison No. 9 Mine

2622. Day Shift Miners Leaving the Elevator at Jamison No. 9 Mine

'Eckhart mine located between Cumberland and Frostburg, Maryland. This was the first railroad shipping mine in America. it was opened in 1842 when the B&O railroad reached Cumberland, Maryland's George's Creek Coal field. This mine and James Otis Watson's mine opened at Fairmont, Virginia in 1852 were the nucleuses of the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. This was the first mine in America to be located on a railway.'

2623. Eckhart Mine Between Cumberland and Frostburg, Md.

New River Siltix Mine next to road.

2624. New River Siltix Mine Entrance

Miners and filled coal cars inside a mine.

2625. Interior of a Coal Mine

Miners talking while others run drilling equipment.

2626. Miners and Equipment Inside a Coal Mine

Coal carts on tracks and corridor openings in an underground mine in Monongalia County.

2627. Modern Slope Bottom in Brock No. 4 Mine, Continental Coal Company, Monongalia County, W. Va.

2628. 20 Ton Bethehem Cars at Jamison No. 9 Mine, Stonega Coke and Coal Company