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A supervisor crawls out of a narrow seam at the Hannover-mine in Wanne-Eickel,Ruhr,Germany.
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A supervisor crawls out of a narrow seam at the Hannover-mine in Wanne-E...

In modern mining,collapsible steel props replace the former wooden props.Here,a miner sets props at the Preussag mine in Oyenhausen,Westphalia,West-Germany, 1951.
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In modern mining,collapsible steel props replace the former wooden props.Here...

At the Hannover-mine in Wanne-Eickel,Ruhr,Germany, empty coalseems are filled in with stones and slack, shot in by pressureized air.
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At the Hannover-mine in Wanne-Eickel,Ruhr,Germany, empty coalseems are fill...

Coal is sorted on a large conveyor belt at Koenigsborn-mine in Westphalia,Germany.
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Coal is sorted on a large conveyor belt at Koenigsborn-mine in West...

Apprentices at the Hannover-mine in Wanne-Eickel, Ruhr,West-Germany,set steel arches,1951.
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Apprentices at the Hannover-mine in Wanne-Eickel, Ruhr,West-Germany,set st...

During a short break at the Gottfried Wilhelm mine near Essen in the Ruhr,West-Germany,miners share some chewing tobacco.Smoking is forbidden underground but doctors think chewing tobacco is adviseable,as it closes nose and mouth against coaldust. 1951.
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During a short break at the Gottfried Wilhelm mine near Essen in the Ruhr,W...

Miners work on a 70-cm seam in Gottfried Wilhelm mine near Essen in the Ruhr,West-Germany,1951.
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Miners work on a 70-cm seam in Gottfried Wilhelm mine near Essen in the R...

Vertical seems at mine Hermann near Essen,Ruhr, Germany.While working on the coalface,the miner is braced against two horizontal props for support, which can be wet and slippery in winter.
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Vertical seems at mine Hermann near Essen,Ruhr, Germany.While working on...

The narrow seems of mine Hermann,near Essen,Ruhr, West-Germany,1951.
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The narrow seems of mine Hermann,near Essen,Ruhr, West-Germany,1951.

Mine Hermann near Essen,Ruhr,Germany:Putting horizontal props into vertical coal seems needs an acrobatic agility.
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Mine Hermann near Essen,Ruhr,Germany:Putting horizontal props into ve...

A miner pushes a tender with coal through a narrow roadway in Hermann-mine,Essen,Germany.
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A miner pushes a tender with coal through a narrow roadway in Hermann-mine,...

Mine Hermann near Essen,Ruhr,Germany:Putting horizontal props into vertical coal seems needs an acrobatic agility.
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Mine Hermann near Essen,Ruhr,Germany:Putting horizontal props into ve...