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Mining Modernizes Marker
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: July 20, 2021
Caption: Mining Modernizes Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (center) Pictured here in 1904, Carneyville reached its peak population of 1,400 in 1907.; (diagram, upper right) Three of the methods (Drift Mine, Shaft Mine and Slope Mine) used in coal mining came to the U.S. with British miners and are pictured here. (bottom right) These two images illustrate the changing technologies used in the mines from hand drills and carbide lamps to motorized machinery. (side-bar) Date unknown.
Submitted: January 7, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p632208
File Size: 3.484 Megabytes

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