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'Coal at all White Oak shaft mines is handled on self dumping cages, which handle coal uniformly and with a minimum of breakage. Note how evenly the coal is flowing from the mine car. Much more rapid course than the picture indicates, but it shows how well designed the equipment must be to handle the coal in such a splendid manner.'

13. Coal in Self Dumping Cage

IDNO:
003327
Title:
Coal in Self Dumping Cage
Description:
'Coal at all White Oak shaft mines is handled on self dumping cages, which handle coal uniformly and with a minimum of breakage. Note how evenly the coal is flowing from the mine car. Much more rapid course than the picture indicates, but it shows how well designed the equipment must be to handle the coal in such a splendid manner.'
'All sizes of 'White' prepared coal is loaded into railroad cars with loading booms to minimize breakage and preserve the best appearance of the coal. It would be useless to carefully mine and screen our coal if we did not use proper care in loading it into the railroad cars. These booms lower to the bottom of the car when it is first placed under the tipple for loading, and raised from time to time as the car fills up. Note how perfectly screened this lump coal appears on the boom! Not a sign of slack to be seen. Treated for dust if desired.'

14. Coal on Conveyor

IDNO:
003328
Title:
Coal on Conveyor
Description:
'All sizes of 'White' prepared coal is loaded into railroad cars with loading booms to minimize breakage and preserve the best appearance of the coal. It would be useless to carefully mine and screen our coal if we did not use proper care in loading it into the railroad cars. These booms lower to the bottom of the car when it is first placed under the tipple for loading, and raised from time to time as the car fills up. Note how perfectly screened this lump coal appears on the boom! Not a sign of slack to be seen. Treated for dust if desired.'
'This is an end view of one of our new steel mine cars on a cage at one of the White Oak Shaft mines, and the signal has just been given to hoist it to the surface, 450 feet up! These electric equipped hoists can hoist a car every twenty seconds and dump it! The cars are placed on the cages and automatically by creeper chains and car stops. One man operates the signals and car stops and chains.'

15. Steel Mine Car

IDNO:
003329
Title:
Steel Mine Car
Description:
'This is an end view of one of our new steel mine cars on a cage at one of the White Oak Shaft mines, and the signal has just been given to hoist it to the surface, 450 feet up! These electric equipped hoists can hoist a car every twenty seconds and dump it! The cars are placed on the cages and automatically by creeper chains and car stops. One man operates the signals and car stops and chains.'

16. Coal Cars at Lochgelly Mine

IDNO:
003342
Title:
Coal Cars at Lochgelly Mine
Date:
1952/04/20
Tipple of a mine with houses for the miners located in the area behind the tipple.

17. New River Coal Company Mine and Miner's Houses

IDNO:
003360
Title:
New River Coal Company Mine and Miner's Houses
Description:
Tipple of a mine with houses for the miners located in the area behind the tipple.
Conveyor outside of preparation plant unloading coal. Miner helps fill up the mine car.

18. Conveyor Unloading Coal

IDNO:
003402
Title:
Conveyor Unloading Coal
Description:
Conveyor outside of preparation plant unloading coal. Miner helps fill up the mine car.
Preparation plant with a few houses on the hill behind the plant.

19. Mine Buildings

IDNO:
003405
Title:
Mine Buildings
Description:
Preparation plant with a few houses on the hill behind the plant.
Plant with filled Chesapeake and Ohio railroad cars beside of it.

20. Preparation Plant

IDNO:
003406
Title:
Preparation Plant
Description:
Plant with filled Chesapeake and Ohio railroad cars beside of it.
Railroad Cars filled with coal lined up outside plant buildings.

21. Summerlee Mine Facilities and Preparation Plant

IDNO:
003407
Title:
Summerlee Mine Facilities and Preparation Plant
Description:
Railroad Cars filled with coal lined up outside plant buildings.
Two men walk along the tracks in front of mine buildings.

22. Coal Preparation Plant

IDNO:
003413
Title:
Coal Preparation Plant
Description:
Two men walk along the tracks in front of mine buildings.
Mine buildings and filled coal cars.

23. Coal Preparation Plant

IDNO:
003414
Title:
Coal Preparation Plant
Description:
Mine buildings and filled coal cars.
'Same story as shown in views of our lump and egg. Stove coal is evenly sized and perfectly prepared. Loaded with booms just the same as other sizes. To be doubly sure no impurities get into the railroad car, we wash this size at two White Oak mines. Treated for dust if desired.'

24. Coal on Conveyor

IDNO:
003436
Title:
Coal on Conveyor
Description:
'Same story as shown in views of our lump and egg. Stove coal is evenly sized and perfectly prepared. Loaded with booms just the same as other sizes. To be doubly sure no impurities get into the railroad car, we wash this size at two White Oak mines. Treated for dust if desired.'