Williams, M. L.2007-01-032022-02-032007-01-032022-02-03http://hdl.handle.net/11124/5886Date scanned: 2002-5-22.USBM #60048; An electrically operated hitch-cutting machine. Robert Gage #10 Mine, Robert Gage Coal Company, Unionville, Michigan. - M. L. Williams - April 1945.Held in the Russell L. and Lyn Wood Mining History Archive, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines.Donor: United States Bureau of Mines.A man operates a hitch-cutting machine underground at the Robert Gage #10 Mine. A hitch-cutting machine is used to cut places in the coal or rock to rest timbers used to support the mine workings. The Robert Gage #10 Mine is an underground coal mine in Tuscola County, Michigan. Coal deposits were explored in the Bay region in the late 1800s and coal mining was active there until the 1920s-1930s. The Robert Gage #10 Mine appears to be the only coal mine in Tuscola County.Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.htmlRobert Gage Coal CompanyCoal mines and miningMinersMiningScenes, undergroundUnderground miningStillImage