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Title: A Huge Lump of Pure Coal
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: This piece of Treading Anthracite weighs more than a ton. An inspector of the Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron Company found that it contained no particles of rock or other impurities.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_040
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Floating Coal
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Pure coal is shown floating in zinc chloride bath.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_080
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Drying the Coal Samples
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: The coal is thoroughly dried before being subjected to its chemical tests.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_082
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Weighing the Empty Cars
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: On its way to the loading bay, each empty car is automatically weighed. The Bill - of - Lading originates at this point and the tare weight is tamped upon it.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_075
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: The Thaw Shed
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: During the winter season when ice and snow conceal the run-of-mine coal, this building thaws 24 carloads at once. Eight lines of track pass through the building.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_061
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Weighing Your Coal
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: This modern scale automatically stamps the loaded weight upon the Bill-of-Lading as the car passes over the balances.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_086
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Preliminary Cleaner at Locust Gap
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Structures of steel, concrete, and other permanent materials replace the old type wooden breaker buildings throughout the Reading Anthracite region.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_037
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Full Steam at a Reading Anthracite Colliery
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: The Henry Clay Colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, near Shamokin, Pa.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_039
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Mammoth Preparation Machinery
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Conical steel tank in which famous Reading Anthracite is automatically cleaned of impurities.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_066
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Air Driven Drilling Machine
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: This miner is using a Pneumatic Drill to bore into the face of the coal. Powder charges are place in the holes and exploded, breaking the coal into lumps for transportation to the surface. The miner's safety lamp is hung on a nail above his head and immediately warns him of the presence of gas.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_017
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: The Bath for Mine Mules
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: The Mine Mules receive the best of care at collieries of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. Picture shows a bath provided for mules to keep them in condition.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_027
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Entrance to a Reading Anthracite Mine
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: These miners are shown aboard a 'Gun Boat' descending by an inclined slope into one of the mines of The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_007
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Testing for Gas
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Before a miner is allowed to enter his working place, the Fire Boss thoroughly inspects it and makes tests for gas of any other dangerous conditions. The Fire Boss in the picture is shown using the Safety Lamp which immediately reveals the presence of gas.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_009
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Timber for a Reading Anthracite Mine
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Carefully selected timber is used for keeping open many gangways, headings, and working places in mines of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. Scene at a timber bank near a mine entrance.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_028
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Shaft Landing in an Anthracite Mine
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Huge elevators, known as 'Cages' carry mine cars loaded with anthracite from the mine depths to the surface and return the empty cars to be reloaded. The 'cages' serve five, six or seven levels in the mine--corresponding to floors of a tall building.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_032
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: The Floating Test
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Each fifty-pound sample is dipped in a bath of zinc chloride, pure coal floats and all impurities sink into a basket which segregates them. This apparatus detects the slightest impurities.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_079
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Underground Pump Room
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Deep beneath the earth's surface powerful electric pumps in Reading Anthracite Collieries have established new records for economy and efficiency in keeping the mines free of water.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_048
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: The Screening Test
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Motor driven shaker screens accurately determine the percentage of over-size and under-size in the samples taken from nine points on each car.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_078
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Air View of World's Largest Anthracite Breaker
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: 1. Assembly of incoming raw product yard. 2. Thaw shed. 3. Rotary car dump. 4. Breaker. 5. Scale house. 6. Mammoth vein mine. 7. The thickened. (Water recovering process.)
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_053
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Hospital in a Reading Anthracite Mine
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Well equipped Hospital facilities are maintained in the Mines of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company for use in case of accident. This Hospital is hewn out of the rock in the depths of The Burnside Colliery.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_010
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Weighing the Ash
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: A young technician is weighing the ash samples to hair's breadth exactitude on finely balanced scales.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_084
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Emptying a Coal Car
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: When the car is overturned, the coal slides gently into a hopper below. The run-of-mine coal is then fed onto conveyor belts.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_064
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Cutting Anthracite by Electricity
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Miners using machines like this cut slots under the coal and the blast it down in large quantities. The machine has a motor driven revolving chain, armed with sharp teeth, which saw a slot six feet deep very rapidly.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_015
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: The Bottom at a Reading Anthracite Colliery
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: Miners arriving at the bottom of a slope in Henry Clay Colliery, shoulder their tools and start toward their working places.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_008
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

Title: Reading Anthracite Miners at Work
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company (originator)
Description: A group of miners at work a thousand feet below the earth's surface.
Collection ID: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs (Accession 1980.318)
Hagley ID: 80318_013
Collection: Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company photographs

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