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Breaker boys, Eagle Hill Colliery near Pottsville, Pennsylvania

All work in Ewen Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co. (see photos taken at breaker later). Philip Kurato (on left end of photo) 177 So. Main St., Pittston, Pa. Working in breaker for 6 months, said he was 12 years old, but doesn't appear to be that. Told…

These are all breaker-boys. (See photos taken at Ewen Breaker, later.) They were very suspicious of my motives. Sam Bellom (boy on left end of photo), 58 Pine Street. Been working in breaker #9 for two years, he says. He says, also, that he is 14…

Breaker boys, Woodward Coal Mines, Kingston, Pennsylvania. Appears to be a mixture of mule drivers (with lighted caps) and breaker boys (without caps).

Breaker boys at work at breaker operation near Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Eagle Hill Colliery breaker boys with breaker in background

Four Breaker Boys working in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough. Boy on left is Tony Ross, 142 Panama Street, other small boy is Mike Rosa [i.e., Ross?], cousin. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania