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A pile of coal with large chunks sitting in the yard of a coal processing plant.

1765. Coal Awaiting Processing

IDNO:
001772
Title:
Coal Awaiting Processing
Description:
A pile of coal with large chunks sitting in the yard of a coal processing plant.
Group of people in coal cars outside of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

1766. Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
001773
Title:
Tour of Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Group of people in coal cars outside of the Hutchinson Family Mine near Fairmont, W. Va.
Open dynamite box showing the slots for the dynamite.

1767. Dynamite Box

IDNO:
001774
Title:
Dynamite Box
Description:
Open dynamite box showing the slots for the dynamite.
A child and three men stand behind the bar in this saloon.

1768. Saloon Parral

IDNO:
001775
Title:
Saloon Parral
Date:
1911
Description:
A child and three men stand behind the bar in this saloon.
One large basket with two smaller ones on each side that read 'A bushel basket holds the ash from a ton of White Oak smokeless coal.'

1769. Bushel Basket Holds the Ash from a Ton of White Oak Smokeless Coal

IDNO:
001776
Title:
Bushel Basket Holds the Ash from a Ton of White Oak Smokeless Coal
Description:
One large basket with two smaller ones on each side that read 'A bushel basket holds the ash from a ton of White Oak smokeless coal.'
Snow covered mountains in the distance.

1770. Snow Covered Mountains

IDNO:
001777
Title:
Snow Covered Mountains
Description:
Snow covered mountains in the distance.
A clipping from the back of a map, showing a fossilized tree stump in a coal bed.

1771. Fossil Tree Stump In Coal Bed

IDNO:
001778
Title:
Fossil Tree Stump In Coal Bed
Description:
A clipping from the back of a map, showing a fossilized tree stump in a coal bed.
Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907. Trolley car in the foreground.

1772. Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
001779
Title:
Currey Hotel and Other Buildings, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Picture of a intersection of streets in Monongah, W. Va. 1907. Trolley car in the foreground.
Men stand on the porch of the Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.

1773. Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
001780
Title:
Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
Men stand on the porch of the Hotel Currey in Monongah, W. Va. 1907.
A man stands in the mining shaft holding an instrument to test the gas levels in the mine.

1774. Testing for Gas in a Pittsburgh Seam Coal Mine

IDNO:
001781
Title:
Testing for Gas in a Pittsburgh Seam Coal Mine
Description:
A man stands in the mining shaft holding an instrument to test the gas levels in the mine.
Group portrait of a posse of men sent after a murderer on April 30, 1912.

1775. Posse After Murderer

IDNO:
001782
Title:
Posse After Murderer
Date:
1912/04/30
Description:
Group portrait of a posse of men sent after a murderer on April 30, 1912.
This is the first railroad bituminous coal mine in America. It was at Elkhart, Maryland, between Cumberland and Frostburg. Opened in 1842, when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered Cumberland.

1776. First Railroad Bituminous Mine in United States at Elkhart, Maryland

IDNO:
001783
Title:
First Railroad Bituminous Mine in United States at Elkhart, Maryland
Description:
This is the first railroad bituminous coal mine in America. It was at Elkhart, Maryland, between Cumberland and Frostburg. Opened in 1842, when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered Cumberland.