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work type
Photograph
work date
20th century
material
Black & White
repository
Digital Library and Archives (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
repository place
Blacksburg, Virginia
current site
CD: Earl Palmer Disc 1
related work
Ms89-025
notes
Still used in some mines in Appalachia's coal mining regions, despite introduction of modern day machinery. This is true where a coal mine is owned by a family and often in "pencilstripe" seams of coal.