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1. Log Loading in the Forest

Mabie, Randolph County. Capacity 150,000 Feet Per Day.

2. Modern Band Saw Mill

James Thompson, the Veteran Shooter, placing a twenty-quart nitro-glycerine shell.  Harrison County Oil Fields.

3. Placing a Twenty Quart Nitro-Glycerine Shell.

Oil field in a hilly area, oil derricks are visible.   From Grant's Photograph Record of West Virginia.

4. Section of Wolf Summit Oil Fields, Harrison County, W. Va

5. Company Store, Stafford (Baxter)

Coal carts leaving a mine entrance.

6. Coal Mine Entrance, Fairmont Region, Marion County, W. Va.

Coal carts line up in front of the mine entrance full of coal.  Men and horses stand beside them.

7. Coal Mine Entrance, Fairmont Region, Marion County, W. Va.

Coal mine opening around the Fairmont region in Marion county. Line of filled coal cars with men and horses standing next to them.

8. Typical Coal Mine Entrance, Fairmont Region, Marion County, W. Va.

'The famous Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond built on the South side of New River in 1901. Pix used on page 209 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War of West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'

9. Dunglen Hotel of Thurmond, W. Va.

Six men standing on train platform.  P.W. Sprague, 3rd from right.  Coal operators posing on the Southside-Thurmond near the Dunglen Hotel.  This group includes Beury and Paddy Rewd.

10. Coal Operators on the Southside Train Platform, Thurmond, W. Va.

A close-up view of Charleston, West Virginia in 1901.

11. Charleston, W. Va.

View of men wheat harvesting in the mountains in Barbour County.

12. Wheat Harvesting in the Mountains, Barbour County, W. Va.