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National Mine Rescue - 100 Years

October 3-6, 2011
Columbus, OH


Early Mine Rescue Contest

Mine rescue crew opening barricade stopping in order to locate and rescue men strapped in sealed section of mine. Hellman Coal and Coke Co. Town Hill, Pennsylvania. Mine Rescue Contest. October 14, 1926.

Early Mine rescue crew leaving mine.

Mine rescue crew leaving mine.






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