Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA): A Pictorial Walk Through the 20th Century

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A Pictorial Walk Through
the 20^th Century

"Early Mine Rescue Vehicles"

If an explosion did occur, the cars and personnel attached to them were immediately dispatched to the disaster area to provide mine rescue assistance with a measure of efficiency that was previously thought impossible.

Bureau of Mines Car No. 3 at scene of mine explosion at the
Sunday Creek Coal Co., Millfield, Ohio.
(11-05-1930)


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