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On the right: surface mining operation.

25. DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040655
Title:: DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/06
Description:: On the right: surface mining operation.

26. DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040656
Title:: DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/06

Tops of the mountains in the distance have been removed.

27. Blair Mountain; DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040657
Title:: Blair Mountain; DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/06
Description:: Tops of the mountains in the distance have been removed.

28. DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040658
Title:: DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan County, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/11

Old Smith and Wesson likely from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

29. Semi Automatic Smith and Wesson, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040659
Title:: Semi Automatic Smith and Wesson, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/09
Description:: Old Smith and Wesson likely from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

Casings and button were likely left from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

30. Shell Casings and Button Found at Whites Trace Branch, Logan County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040660
Title:: Shell Casings and Button Found at Whites Trace Branch, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/05/23
Description:: Casings and button were likely left from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

Marker reads: "Blair Mtn. Fire Tower Site Of Miners Battle Blair Mtn. Aug. 1921".

31. Historic Marker at Blair Mountain Gap, Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040661
Title:: Historic Marker at Blair Mountain Gap, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/05/23
Description:: Marker reads: "Blair Mtn. Fire Tower Site Of Miners Battle Blair Mtn. Aug. 1921".

Northwest exterior view of a ca. 1914 structure built by Italian masons for the Dingess-Rum Coal Company.

32. Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040662
Title:: Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/08/08
Description:: Northwest exterior view of a ca. 1914 structure built by Italian masons for the Dingess-Rum Coal Company.

North facade of the structure built in 1914.

33. Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040663
Title:: Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/08/08
Description:: North facade of the structure built in 1914.

34. Company House, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040664
Title:: Company House, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/08/08

35. Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040666
Title:: Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/08/08

Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.

36. Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040667
Title:: Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Description:: Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.