Alvin Elledge, left, on the coal loader in a Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company mine near Jasper and Chattanooga Tennessee. the loader picks up the coal but does not cut it. note that he sits on a canvas seat that pulls him along the ground. At the right is foreman Jerry Layne who is about to check the roof ahead of the loader prior to placing a four to five foot roof bolt in the ceiling as a brace. this is dangerous work because the roof could cave in before being braced.

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