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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. After a face of coal has been "cleaned up', an electrically driven cutter undercuts the face with a three foot deep cut. Above this undercut, and near the roof of the face, holes are drilled which take the powder or Cordox shell, for shooting down or blasting the cool

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. After a face of coal has been "cleaned up', an electrically driven cutter undercuts the face with a three foot deep cut. Above this undercut, and near the roof of the face, holes are drilled which take the powder or Cordox shell, for shooting down or blasting the cool

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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Date

01/01/1942

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Contributors

Collier, John, 1913-1992, photographer

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Location

Pittsburgh (Pa.), 40.44056, -79.99583

Google Map of 40.440555555555555, -79.99583333333334

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Library of Congress

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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html