Coal Miner

16 photos

Blue Blaze mine. Consumers, mining town near Price, Utah. Miners coming home

British coal strike - building up reserves for Midland Railway

Subject -Coal. #70 Welch Mining Co., Welch W. Va. Boy running "trip rope" at tipple. Overgrown, but looked 13 yrs. old. Worked 10 hours a day. Location: Welch, West Virginia.

Entrance to a W. Va. coal mine: a "drift" mine. The live-wire was only shoulder -high in places inside, and unprotected. Location: West Virginia.

Brown Mine. Man digging coal by machinery low ceiling: scales off and drops. Location: Brown, West Virginia.

Drivers in a Coal Mine Co. Plenty boys driving and on tipple. No trappers used, as mine is ventilated by another system. Location: West Virginia.

Tipple Boy and Drivers. Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Grafton, W. Va. Boy with mule was afraid at first to be in the picture: another boy said he feared we might make him go to school. Location: Grafton, West Virginia.

A greaser in a Coal Mine. See 1835. Location: Bessie Mine, Alabama.

Arthur Havard, a young driver. Shaft #6. Pennsylvania Coal Company. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Arthur Havard, a young driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Mule power and motor power. A Young Driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. For some of their names see labels 1927 to 1930. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Inside workers shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Company,. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Inside workers shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Group of boys working in #9 Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co., Hughestown Borough, Pittston, Pa. In this group were Sam Belloma, Pine Street, Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, and others (reported previously). Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Group of boys working in #9 Breaker Pennsylvania Coal Co, Hughestown Borough, Pittstown, Pa. In this group were Sam Belloma, Pine Street, Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, and others (reported previously). Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.