1920s - USA, Industry: Mining - Anthracite Coal Production. ca 1922
Interitle: “Miners enter the elevator to descend...”
02:30:33 Coal miners w/ lanterns & lunch buckets into elevator cage & gate dropped.
02:30:50 Animated diagram showing cage dropping to coal vein 1500 ft down & layout of rooms.
02:31:20 Intertitle: “Arriving at the bottom of the shaft the miners go to the different rooms for work...”
02:31:29 Miners underground in shaft w/ flickering flames of headlamps as they move past in tunnel. Posing in MCU.
02:31:46 Intertitle: “The large fans keep the fresh air circulating...” High Angle / HA above ground of steam out of ventilating system.
02:32:00 Intertitle: “Mammoth pumps keep the water from flooding the mine.” Large tank lifted by cable & structure above mine & dumping water, then descending.
02:32:30 Intertitle: “Coal mining is hard and dangerous work.” Men at coal face w/ pick axes.
02:32:45 Intertitle: “Drilling a hole for blasting...” MCU turning crank to drill into coal face. Putting in dynamite, lighting fuse.
02:33:15 Intertitle: The explosion.
02:33:18 Explosions & cloud of dust, part of ceiling falls. Man w/ prybar breaks off more.
02:33:46 Intertitle: “The coal is piled into cars & drawn by mules...” Coal shoveled & two mules pull loaded carts past.
02:34:08 Intertitle: “The loaded cars are carried swiftly to the surface.” Men push cars into elevator; cars raised. Winch turning, cables winding. Coal dumping into bin
02:35:21 Intertitle: “The large chunks must be broken & sorted...” Ext. of large, tall breaker building. Men working beside conveyor belt throwing off large chunks. Smaller chunks on conveyor belt.
02:36:03 Intertitle: “The slate & shale must be taken out...” Boys sitting over conveyor throwing out debris. Men standing & lifting off big pieces. Machine w/ sorting trays.
Hard Coal; Manual Labor; Workmen; Workers;
NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.
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1920s - USA, Industry: Mining - Anthracite Coal Production. ca 1922 Interitle: “Miners enter the elevator to descend...” 02:30:33 Coal miners w/ lanterns & lunch buckets into elevator cage & gate dropped. 02:30:50 Animated diagram showing cage dropping to coal vein 1500 ft down & layout of rooms. 02:31:20 Intertitle: “Arriving at the bottom of the shaft the miners go to the different rooms for work...” 02:31:29 Miners underground in shaft w/ flickering flames of headlamps as they move past in tunnel. Posing in MCU. 02:31:46 Intertitle: “The large fans keep the fresh air circulating...” High Angle / HA above ground of steam out of ventilating system. 02:32:00 Intertitle: “Mammoth pumps keep the water from flooding the mine.” Large tank lifted by cable & structure above mine & dumping water, then descending. 02:32:30 Intertitle: “Coal mining is hard and dangerous work.” Men at coal face w/ pick axes. 02:32:45 Intertitle: “Drilling a hole for blasting...” MCU turning crank to drill into coal face. Putting in dynamite, lighting fuse. 02:33:15 Intertitle: The explosion. 02:33:18 Explosions & cloud of dust, part of ceiling falls. Man w/ prybar breaks off more. 02:33:46 Intertitle: “The coal is piled into cars & drawn by mules...” Coal shoveled & two mules pull loaded carts past. 02:34:08 Intertitle: “The loaded cars are carried swiftly to the surface.” Men push cars into elevator; cars raised. Winch turning, cables winding. Coal dumping into bin 02:35:21 Intertitle: “The large chunks must be broken & sorted...” Ext. of large, tall breaker building. Men working beside conveyor belt throwing off large chunks. Smaller chunks on conveyor belt. 02:36:03 Intertitle: “The slate & shale must be taken out...” Boys sitting over conveyor throwing out debris. Men standing & lifting off big pieces. Machine w/ sorting trays. Hard Coal; Manual Labor; Workmen; Workers; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.