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Man standing on railroad tracks next to tipple.

1. Thurmond Coal Company Tipple

IDNO:
002290
Title:
Thurmond Coal Company Tipple
Date:
1876
Description:
Man standing on railroad tracks next to tipple.
Men standing outside of the No. 2 Head House of the Thurmond Coal Co.

2. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

IDNO:
002297
Title:
No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company
Date:
1876
Description:
Men standing outside of the No. 2 Head House of the Thurmond Coal Co.
Thurmond Coal Co. head house with a group of men standing outside of it.

3. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

IDNO:
002287
Title:
No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company
Date:
1876
Description:
Thurmond Coal Co. head house with a group of men standing outside of it.
Information with print includes "Pick Mining, 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".

4. Ocean Mine No. 3 1/2, Consolidation Coal Company

IDNO:
039683
Title:
Ocean Mine No. 3 1/2, Consolidation Coal Company
Date:
1907/08
Description:
Information with print includes "Pick Mining, 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".
Filled railroad cars at the Collins Colliery Tipple. There is a water reservoir in the background.

5. Collins Colliery Tipple

IDNO:
004504
Title:
Collins Colliery Tipple
Date:
1908
Description:
Filled railroad cars at the Collins Colliery Tipple. There is a water reservoir in the background.
"No Time for School in 1911- Shown is a typical group of youngsters, aged nine to fourteen, at the end of a ten-hour shift in a W. Va coal mine in 1911. A day's wages averaged 50-75 cents. Known as 'breaker boys,' these children worked six days a week breaking up large chunks of coal, picking out slate and other impurities, and greasing coal cars. The A.F. of L. fought for passage of effective child labor laws to prohibit such exploitation of youthful workers in many mines, mills and factories."

6. No Time for School in 1911- Child Miners Group before Child Labor Laws

IDNO:
030160
Title:
No Time for School in 1911- Child Miners Group before Child Labor Laws
Date:
1911
Description:
"No Time for School in 1911- Shown is a typical group of youngsters, aged nine to fourteen, at the end of a ten-hour shift in a W. Va coal mine in 1911. A day's wages averaged 50-75 cents. Known as 'breaker boys,' these children worked six days a week breaking up large chunks of coal, picking out slate and other impurities, and greasing coal cars. The A.F. of L. fought for passage of effective child labor laws to prohibit such exploitation of youthful workers in many mines, mills and factories."