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

2653. Loaded Mine Car

IDNO:
002653
Title:
Loaded Mine Car
Description:
'This miner has just completed loading a mine car of 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 car. An industrious miner will load about six and sometimes eight of these cars in one day. This is a wooden mine car that is now being rapidly replaced by steel mine car equipment. The number of post shown in this picture indicate again the immense amount of timber required to conduct operations in a safe manner.'

2654. Miner Testing for Gas at Consol. No. 32 Mine

IDNO:
002654
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas at Consol. No. 32 Mine
Date:
1957
'White Oak preparation begins when the machine leaves and the miner is ready to shoot down his coal. The shooting inspector on the left has not only located the hole for the miner to drill, but instructed him as to what angle he must bore his hole to contain the necessary explosive used in dislodging the coal from the seam. The "kerf" made by cutting machine is plainly visible in this picture and you will note the cutting or "bug dust" have been removed before the coal is shot. The length of the auger used by the miner and the width of the bit which determines the size of the hole bored, is also carefully regulated.'

2655. Miners Preparing to Shoot Down Coal

IDNO:
002655
Title:
Miners Preparing to Shoot Down Coal
Description:
'White Oak preparation begins when the machine leaves and the miner is ready to shoot down his coal. The shooting inspector on the left has not only located the hole for the miner to drill, but instructed him as to what angle he must bore his hole to contain the necessary explosive used in dislodging the coal from the seam. The "kerf" made by cutting machine is plainly visible in this picture and you will note the cutting or "bug dust" have been removed before the coal is shot. The length of the auger used by the miner and the width of the bit which determines the size of the hole bored, is also carefully regulated.'
'Note the wooden mine car. It is of the Barnestown shaft which was the first shaft, of 100 feet in depth, in the valley.'

2656. Miners at Work

IDNO:
002656
Title:
Miners at Work
Description:
'Note the wooden mine car. It is of the Barnestown shaft which was the first shaft, of 100 feet in depth, in the valley.'
Miners using a machine to bolt the mine roof.

2657. Roof Bolting in Pursglove No. 15 Coal Mine

IDNO:
002657
Title:
Roof Bolting in Pursglove No. 15 Coal Mine
Description:
Miners using a machine to bolt the mine roof.

2658. Miner Testing for Gas in Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002658
Title:
Miner Testing for Gas in Jamison No. 9 Mine
Date:
1954/10/05
Coal mine opening around the Fairmont region in Marion county. Line of filled coal cars with men and horses standing next to them.

2659. Typical Coal Mine Entrance, Fairmont Region, Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002659
Title:
Typical Coal Mine Entrance, Fairmont Region, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
Coal mine opening around the Fairmont region in Marion county. Line of filled coal cars with men and horses standing next to them.
Buildings outside of a coal mine. There are small houses in the background.

2660. Coal Mine Facilities

IDNO:
002660
Title:
Coal Mine Facilities
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Buildings outside of a coal mine. There are small houses in the background.
Man examines White Oak coal after delivery in the dealers yard in Indianapolis.

2661. White Oak Coal

IDNO:
002661
Title:
White Oak Coal
Description:
Man examines White Oak coal after delivery in the dealers yard in Indianapolis.
An older tipple at Consol. Coal Co. mines 210, 211, 212.

2662. Consolidation Coal Company Tipple Built Prior to the Use of Metal Siding

IDNO:
002662
Title:
Consolidation Coal Company Tipple Built Prior to the Use of Metal Siding
Description:
An older tipple at Consol. Coal Co. mines 210, 211, 212.
New Cinderella mine buildings and tracks.

2663. Fan, Lamp House, Foreman's Office, and Shops at New Cinderella Mine

IDNO:
002663
Title:
Fan, Lamp House, Foreman's Office, and Shops at New Cinderella Mine
Description:
New Cinderella mine buildings and tracks.
Barracks for miners, probably at Louisville Coal and Coke or Greenbrier Coal and Coke.

2664. Interior of a Coal Miners' Barracks

IDNO:
002664
Title:
Interior of a Coal Miners' Barracks
Date:
ca. 1885-1900
Description:
Barracks for miners, probably at Louisville Coal and Coke or Greenbrier Coal and Coke.