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Unidentified man standing next to a coal car on tracks leading from a Monongalia County mine.

1. Coal Cars at a Monongalia County Mine

IDNO:: 001800
Title:: Coal Cars at a Monongalia County Mine
Description:: Unidentified man standing next to a coal car on tracks leading from a Monongalia County mine.

Miners help a pony out of the mine.

2. Rescuing a Mine Pony in Monongalia County

IDNO:: 002477
Title:: Rescuing a Mine Pony in Monongalia County
Date:: ca. 1960-1970
Description:: Miners help a pony out of the mine.

Men dig out a pony trapped in a mine shaft.

3. Rescuing a Mine Pony in Monongalia County

IDNO:: 002491
Title:: Rescuing a Mine Pony in Monongalia County
Date:: 1960-1970
Description:: Men dig out a pony trapped in a mine shaft.

Men leaving an elevator after a mine accident in Monongalia County.

4. Mine Accident, Monongalia County

IDNO:: 002514
Title:: Mine Accident, Monongalia County
Date:: ca. 1960-1970
Description:: Men leaving an elevator after a mine accident in Monongalia County.

Coal carts on tracks and corridor openings in an underground mine in Monongalia County.

5. Modern Slope Bottom in Brock No. 4 Mine, Continental Coal Company, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002627
Title:: Modern Slope Bottom in Brock No. 4 Mine, Continental Coal Company, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Description:: Coal carts on tracks and corridor openings in an underground mine in Monongalia County.

Miners working with machinery near coal preparation plant. There is a church visible in the background.

6. Eastern Coal Company Miracle Run Mine, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002665
Title:: Eastern Coal Company Miracle Run Mine, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1960-1970
Description:: Miners working with machinery near coal preparation plant. There is a church visible in the background.

Stream, coal piles, and buildings at the Eastern Coal Co. Miracle Run Mine in Monongalia County.

7. Eastern Coal Company Miracle Run Mine, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002666
Title:: Eastern Coal Company Miracle Run Mine, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1960-1970
Description:: Stream, coal piles, and buildings at the Eastern Coal Co. Miracle Run Mine in Monongalia County.

Construction of a building at Miracle Run Mine.

8. Eastern Coal Company Miracle Run Mine, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 002670
Title:: Eastern Coal Company Miracle Run Mine, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1960-1970
Description:: Construction of a building at Miracle Run Mine.

View of homes of coal miners.

9. Coal Mine Community, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 016612
Title:: Coal Mine Community, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Description:: View of homes of coal miners.

Information with print includes "Electric Mining, Rope and Electric Haulage, Capacity 750 Tons". Print published in a book titled, "Properties Owned and Controlled By the Consolidated Coal Company West Virginia Properties Inspected By Directors And Their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907".

10. Beechwood Mine, Fairmont Coal Company, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 039662
Title:: Beechwood Mine, Fairmont Coal Company, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:: 1907/08
Description:: Information with print includes "Electric Mining, Rope and Electric Haulage, Capacity 750 Tons". Print published in a book titled, "Properties Owned and Controlled By the Consolidated Coal Company West Virginia Properties Inspected By Directors And Their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907".