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Photo labeled a breaker boy, he could possibly be a mule driver or a door boy/trapper (due to lamp on cap needed in the mines for those jobs, and not used by breaker boys.)

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…

National Child Labor Committee No. 954. 1-legged boy. Neil Gallagher, Wilkes Barre, Pa. Born January 14, 1891. Went to work at about 9 years. Worked about two years in breaker. Went inside at about 11 years. "Tripper," tending door. 83 cents [a] day.…

North Ashland (PA) Colliery, breaker boys at work

Photograph, 2015, of the Saint Nicholas Breaker, Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania

Photograph, 2015, of the Saint Nicholas Breaker, Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania

Photograph, 2015, of the Saint Nicholas Breaker, Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania

Photograph, 2015, of the Saint Nicholas Breaker, Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania