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This picture was taken on the opposite side of the washer from the one preceding. In the foreground are two 'shakers', which grip the side sheets on loaded hoppers and vibrate violently until the coal is completely emptied into the pit below. The…

Twenty miles below Petersburg in the mining country, there is a clearing in the scrub with the rustic name of Buckskin. With its scattered population of 250, it has no business to offer the railroad, but its 24-hour block office is one of the most…