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2149. Making a Cut in Coal Face Prior to 'Shooting Down' Coal

IDNO:
002156
Title:
Making a Cut in Coal Face Prior to 'Shooting Down' Coal
Caption on back reads, 'Stiff-arming a highwall is the job of this new, double-decker drill in operation at the Georgetown mine, Hanna Coal Co., at Georgetown, Ohio. Fruit of the ingenuity of coal mining engineers, the drill makes two blast holes at different levels in the highwall, permitting a blasting shot that brings down a large section of 'overburden.' The 'overburden,' rock, shale, limestone, clay and other mineral deposits, lies above the coal seam. Surface, or open-pit mining, accounts for 23 percent of total bituminous production. The Georgetown mine is the largest surface mine in the world.'

2150. Double Decker Drill in Operation at Georgetown Mine, Georgetown, Ohio, Hanna Coal Company

IDNO:
002157
Title:
Double Decker Drill in Operation at Georgetown Mine, Georgetown, Ohio, Hanna Coal Company
Date:
1950/10
Description:
Caption on back reads, 'Stiff-arming a highwall is the job of this new, double-decker drill in operation at the Georgetown mine, Hanna Coal Co., at Georgetown, Ohio. Fruit of the ingenuity of coal mining engineers, the drill makes two blast holes at different levels in the highwall, permitting a blasting shot that brings down a large section of 'overburden.' The 'overburden,' rock, shale, limestone, clay and other mineral deposits, lies above the coal seam. Surface, or open-pit mining, accounts for 23 percent of total bituminous production. The Georgetown mine is the largest surface mine in the world.'

2151. Miner Marking a Coal Seam

IDNO:
002158
Title:
Miner Marking a Coal Seam

2152. 35 Yard Stripping Shovel at Hanna Coal Company Surface Mine

IDNO:
002159
Title:
35 Yard Stripping Shovel at Hanna Coal Company Surface Mine
Date:
ca. 1955-1965
Group Portrait of Men Standing Below the Tiger Coal Shovel

2153. Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Tiger Shovel

IDNO:
002160
Title:
Visitors Pose with Hanna Coal Company's Tiger Shovel
Description:
Group Portrait of Men Standing Below the Tiger Coal Shovel

2154. Tour of Hanna Coal Company Mine Site, Cadiz, Ohio

IDNO:
002161
Title:
Tour of Hanna Coal Company Mine Site, Cadiz, Ohio
Locomotive No. 5016, inspection party special train near Somerset, Pa.

2155. Inspection Party Special Train Near Somerset, Pennsylvania

IDNO:
002162
Title:
Inspection Party Special Train Near Somerset, Pennsylvania
Description:
Locomotive No. 5016, inspection party special train near Somerset, Pa.

2156. Miners Operating a Loading Machine in Jamison No. 9 Mine

IDNO:
002163
Title:
Miners Operating a Loading Machine in Jamison No. 9 Mine

2157. Visitor Standing In The Scoop of the Mountaineer Coal Shovel

IDNO:
002164
Title:
Visitor Standing In The Scoop of the Mountaineer Coal Shovel
Two men working with a rubber tire mounted cutting machine.

2158. Miners Operating a Cutting Machine

IDNO:
002165
Title:
Miners Operating a Cutting Machine
Description:
Two men working with a rubber tire mounted cutting machine.
A processing plant sits below miner's homes and open countryside.

2159. Preparation Plant

IDNO:
002166
Title:
Preparation Plant
Description:
A processing plant sits below miner's homes and open countryside.
Coal cars line up at Consolidation Coal Co. (W. Va.), mine no. 25 tipple.

2160. Coal Tipple, Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 25, W. Va.

IDNO:
002167
Title:
Coal Tipple, Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 25, W. Va.
Description:
Coal cars line up at Consolidation Coal Co. (W. Va.), mine no. 25 tipple.