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Group of boys working in #9 Breaker, Pennsylvania Coal Co., Hughestown Borough, Pittston, Pa. In this group were Sam Belloma, Pine Street, Angelo Ross, 142 Panama Street, and others (reported previously). Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

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 working in Kohinor mine, Shenandoah City, Pennsylvania

Group of Breaker boys. Smallest is Sam Belloma, Pine Street. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A few of the young breaker boys working in the Bliss breaker of the Delaware, Lehigh & Western near Nanticoke, Pa. Location: Nanticoke vicinity, Pennsylvania.

Mr. A. Langerfeld and one of his machines for picking coal which does away completely with the use of breaker boys. The percent of slate that goes in with the coal separated by this machine is 1% to 2%, where the percent with the old primitive method…

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