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This is a photograph of a loaded mine in an unidentified tunnel.

This photograph shows a row of mine-patch houses with a child sitting on the porch of the house on the far left.

This is a photograph that shows an abandoned mine in Forty-Fort, Pennsylvania. The mine was abandoned because the roof collapsed.

This is a photograph of a mine mule in a stable, which is possibly underground.

This photograph shows another image of an Aldrich Pump and the operator. This Aldrich Pump was built by the Aldrich Pump Company in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

This photograph shows a mine worker operating an Aldrich Pump that was used for de-watering mines.

This photograph shows seven children and one man working in a mine shaft.

This image is an illustration depicting the miners' pay day. This illustration was published in Harper's Weekly in 1873.

This is a photograph of a row of mine patch housing in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Mine Patch housing is essentially houses that a coal company would build specifically for miners and their families.

This image is a photograph of Abijah Smith's original coal prospecting site in 1807. This was where Abijah Smith originally planned to have his coal mine before deciding on a different location.