coal

1950s

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The clip opens on a LS of Butte, Montana. In the next shot, a train…

1940s

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This clip features the coal mining industry in Harlan, Kentucky, then…

1950s

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Ohio. the largest power shovel ever build the giant dipper, boars into…

1950s

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In Grant Town, West Virginia, a 24-foot machine cuts through coal in…

1950s

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Massachusetts: Men building a truck. Kopper’s Coke pours rocks into…

1950s

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Open railcars filled with iron ore enter a building. A man stands near…

1950s

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Coal emptying out of rail cars in an unloading hopper. A door in the…

1940s

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A group of Native Americans are finishing up a teepee construction by…

1970s

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Sign that reads Underground Coal Gasification Project, Hanna, Wyoming,…

1920s, 1930s

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A shot of horses going into a tunnel underground. Then cuts to an…

1930s, 1920s

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A shot of miners in a cart as it enters an underground tunnel-- a sign…

1930s

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Man with mustache rides on flat train car full of coal. Shot of crane…