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![[Coal miners at work in mine] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvY29hbC1taW5lcnMtYXQtd29yay1pbi1taW5lLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/393/jpg "[Coal miners at work in mine] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph")
![Trapper Boy, "Son." Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. He is underground from 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. (Much of the work of mining, loading and carrying is dome [i.e., done] by machinery.) Boy has been trapping for several years. Asked if these boys did this one thing all the time, the boss said, "Oh, they change around from one door ro [i.e., or] another." Location: West Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvdHJhcHBlci1ib3ktc29uLW9wZW5zLWFuZC1jbG9zZXMtZG9vci10aGF0LWNvbnRyb2xzLXZlbnRpbGF0aW9uLWhlLWlzLXVuZGVyZ3JvdW5kLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Trapper Boy, \"Son.\" Opens and closes door that controls ventilation. He is underground from 7 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. (Much of the work of mining, loading and carrying is dome [i.e., done] by machinery.) Boy has been trapping for several years. Asked if these boys did this one thing all the time, the boss said, \"Oh, they change around from one door ro [i.e., or] another.\" Location: West Virginia.")
![[Miner working in coal mine], National Photo Company, Washington DC](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvbWluZXItd29ya2luZy1pbi1jb2FsLW1pbmUtOTc2ZDY5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Miner working in coal mine], National Photo Company, Washington DC")
![[Mining view] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTUvMDEvMDEvbWluaW5nLXZpZXctMS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Mining view] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.")
![[Hoisting ore & lowering miners, Lead Homestake Mine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvaG9pc3Rpbmctb3JlLWFuZC1sb3dlcmluZy1taW5lcnMtbGVhZC1ob21lc3Rha2UtbWluZS02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Hoisting ore & lowering miners, Lead Homestake Mine]")
![[Mining view] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTUvMDEvMDEvbWluaW5nLXZpZXctMi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Mining view] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.")
![[Miners after work] - Public domain portrait print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvbWluZXJzLWFmdGVyLXdvcmstNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Miners after work] - Public domain portrait print")
![[Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvbWluZXJzLWF0LXdvcmstb24tdGhlLW1lc2FiaS1yYW5nZS1pbi1ub3J0aGVhc3QtbWlubmVzb3RhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota]")
