1. What do you think this man is doing? Can you make a guess where he is located? Why do you think so?

2. Can you tell where he is now?

3. What is their job? Why are they doing it underground?

4. How is coal formed? What are the uses of coal? How is coal hurtful to us and our environment? How is coal helpful to us and our environment?

5. Create a dialogue between the two miners. Write how they would describe working in the mines, then have them predict their futures. Write a caption for this photograph.

7. Unknown. (c1907). Boring for a blast in the depths of a coal mine, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs, Sterograph Cards.Boring for a blast in the depths of a coal mine, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A.