Search Results
- IDNO:
- 045093
- Title:
- Paint Creek JCT, Coal Mine Strike, Cabin Creek, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1913
- Description:
- Coal miners in Kanawha County demanded that operators raise their compensation rate to that of the surrounding area. The operators refused the demand, and therefore striking began on April 18, 1912 which lasted through July of 1913.
- IDNO:
- 052089
- Title:
- Glendale Colliery Company Engine, Backus, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1903-1915
- Description:
- Engineer C. V. Berry, left, and brakeman Walter Bennett, right, are pictured with the coal company's railway engine.
- IDNO:
- 052099
- Title:
- Pay Day at Cannelton Coal and Coke Company, Cannelton, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1934/08/11
- Description:
- Workers line up around the building waiting to receive their paychecks.
- IDNO:
- 052110
- Title:
- Coke Ovens in Eagle, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Men carry coal from a railroad car and shovel coal into furnaces.
- IDNO:
- 052162
- Title:
- Mecca Colliery and Coke Company, Morris Creek, near Montgomery, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- An electric haulage rail system at mine no. 2. An Africa-American miner is pictured in the conductor's seat on the train engine. Miners inspect the coal loaded into the carts before it is transported.
- IDNO:
- 052176
- Title:
- Mine Street, Oak Hill, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Merchant's & Miners Bank Building pictured on the right.
- IDNO:
- 052216
- Title:
- Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company Bus No. 1, Dott, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1923
- Description:
- A group of miners sit inside the Ford bus that will take them to the Wenonah Mine.