Doren Bishop, Robin Mines Superintendent for the Alma Coal Corporation, Looks at the Opening of a New Mine near Clothier and Madison, West Virginia.
It Is Called a Punch Mine Because It Is "Punched" Or Cut Into the Side of a Hill. It Is the Same as a Drift Mine Eight Men Were Working on the Openings Prior to Deploying Machinery for Digging Coal 04/1974. Photographer: Corn, Jack. Original public domain image from Flickr