A painting by Van Gogh that shows slumped over workers walking along with sacks hanging from their heads. Two children stand in the background. John Williams, Coal Life Project. Rijksmuseumkrller-Mller, Otterlo(G.) Copyright Holland.
An interior view of a typical mine prior to introduction of modern mechanical machines and loaders. Coal miners used picks and shovels to remove the "black gold" from beneath the West Virginia hills.