Bootleggers at abandoned coal mine shafts in Scranton, Pennsylvania, obtaining coal illegally during the Great Depression. A vehicle passes on a paved way beside a coal field. A man stands on an area on the side of the vehicle. An explosion near a cave on the coal field. Two miners, who are carrying on with the mining activities without authorization , are seen beside the explosion area. The coal deposits, accessed via the explosion, are loaded in small carts passes along a track. The deposits loaded on to trucks by a few men in the team. Three men converse beside the truck.