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Lamp assembly contest with five different counties of the state represented. The judges are mine officials and prizes were awarded to winners.

1. Lamp Assembly Contest

Three men inspecting lanterns next to a W. Va. State College Mining Extension Service Mobile Class car.

2. W. Va. State College Mining Extension Service Mobile Class

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

'Shinnston, West Virginia (Jan. 1945, Joe Akers, 32 year old bituminous coal miner and 400,000 fellow miners in America's bituminous coal industry are the worlds most prosperous coal miners.' Picture shows: Joe gets his mine lamp. Its 2:45 and in 15 minutes Joe will be riding into the mine to start the day's work. These lamps, electrically operated, are turned back to the lamphouse at the end of each working day, when they are recharged by the lamphouse man. From Hamilton Wright Org. For Bituminous Coal Industry. Photo Gratis.'

4. Miner Joe Akers Gets His Lamp, Shinnston, W. Va.

Joe is wearing a miner's cap.

5. Ozanic, Joseph

Joe is wearing a miner's hat with a lamp attached.

6. Ozanic, Joseph