Caption: "The coal is loosened by mechanical cutters, and the men hack it out of the seam with picks and then shovel it on to a conveyor belt.... The conveyor carries the coal off and discharges it into the waiting pit-tubs as shown in this picture."
This photograph is by grahami and was uploaded March 17th 2008. © grahami please do not copy or distribute without prior express permission.
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