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IDNO:
001818
Title:
Steel Mine Railway Car
Description:
Mine railway car in unknown mine.
IDNO:
001824
Title:
Miner Operates an Electric Locomotive in the Willow Grove Haulageway, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Description:
Miner in electric locomotive at the Willow Grove Haulageway, Pittsburgh Consol. Coal Co.
IDNO:
001840
Title:
Coal Miners and Coal Carts Outside of Mine Entrance
Description:
Miners posing for a picture outside of an unknown mine. John Williams/Coal Life Project.
IDNO:
002200
Title:
Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Two men operating a loading machine.
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.
IDNO:
002290
Title:
Thurmond Coal Company Tipple
Date:
1876
Description:
Man standing on railroad tracks next to tipple.
IDNO:
002291
Title:
Dunedin Coal Company Tipple
Date:
1926
Description:
Forrested area with building in the background.
IDNO:
002292
Title:
Dunedin Coal Company Camp Houses
Description:
Houses in the Dunedin Coal camp.
IDNO:
002293
Title:
Dunedin Coal Company Camp Houses
Description:
Houses at the Dunedin Coal Co. camp.
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.
IDNO:
002484
Title:
New River Company Employees who helped at the Benwood Mine Disaster.
Date:
1924
IDNO:
002797
Title:
New River Coal and Coke Company's International Mine Rescue Champions
Date:
1921
Description:
Group portrait of miners and rescue equipment. This group took first place at competitions St. Louis. From Left to Right: Frank Colline, Edward Graff, Howard Samuels, Andrew Lightfoot, R.P. Nicholls and Fred Lamb.
IDNO:
002874
Title:
Klondyke Mine, Dunn Loop, 'Largest Producer in the Field'
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Klondyke Mine, Dunn Loop was the largest producer in the field. 'Dunn Loop Coal and Const. Chartered in W. Va. on Feb. 16, 1893.'
IDNO:
002952
Title:
Miner Checking for Gas
Description:
'West Virginia has produced 20 percent of all the coal mined in the United States since 1800, a survey shows. The survey, by the Bituminous Coal Institute, also showed that during the 20 years from 1930 through 1949, West Virginia led all states in soft coal production. Picture courtesy of the W. Va. Dept. of Labor.'
IDNO:
002967
Title:
Miners Walking to Wash House, Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Company, W. Va.
Date:
1948/08
Description:
'Miners walking from slope entry in background toward wash house at end of shift. Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Co. W. Va.'
IDNO:
003031
Title:
Miners Operating a Drilling Machine at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 32
Date:
1947/01/22
Description:
Two miners standing next to drilling machine.
IDNO:
003152
Title:
Filming in a Coal Mine
Description:
'Scene from a coal mine 300 ft. under a mountain in W. Va., where W.E. Austin, movie cameraman for the Norfolk and Western RR is shown taking what are believed to be first color movies inside a mine.'
IDNO:
003196
Title:
Fairmont Coal Company, Beechwood Mine
Description:
View of the Beechwood mine buildings.
IDNO:
004334
Title:
Coal Mine Tipple
Description:
A man stands atop a filled coal car. 'Loading coal into railroad gondolas is made easy by structures called 'tipples.' The pictured tipple is typical of those to be found throughout the rich bituminous coal fields of southern West Virginia.'
IDNO:
004347
Title:
Viropa Mine Tipple, Fairmont Coal Company
Description:
Viropa mine tipple with train to the left.
IDNO:
004351
Title:
Cranberry Tipple
Date:
ca. 1950
Description:
Cranberry Mine tipple and surrounding buildings.
IDNO:
004381
Title:
Fairmont Coal Company Ehlen Mine Tipple
Description:
A small house sits next to the tipple. Filled coal cars are on the tracks.
IDNO:
004403
Title:
Fairmont Coal Company, Solon Mine Tipple
Description:
Fairmont Coal Co. Solon Mine tipple loading coal cars.
IDNO:
004407
Title:
Stanaford Wooden Tipple
Date:
ca . 1920-50
Description:
Stanaford Tipple loading coal cars. Coal cars moving up and down hill on tracks.
IDNO:
004409
Title:
Stanaford Wooden Tipple
Date:
ca. 1920-1940
Description:
Early Stanaford Wooden Tipple- later acquired from Eastern Gas and Fuel.
IDNO:
004420
Title:
Enterprise Mine Tipple, Fairmont Coal Company
Description:
Tipple and coal buildings present.
IDNO:
004422
Title:
Tipple at Consolidation Coal Company Williams Mine
Description:
Tipple and tracks with filled RR cars present.
IDNO:
004423
Title:
Tipple at Fairmont Coal Company, High Lane Mine
Description:
High Lane Mine tipple and surrounding buildings.
IDNO:
004425
Title:
Brock No. 4 Tipple
Description:
'1935 - Continental Coal Company; 1941 - Brock Coal Company; 1943 - Christopher Coal Company.'
IDNO:
004426
Title:
Brock No. 4 Tipple
Description:
'1935 - Continental Coal Company; 1941 - Brock Coal Company; 1943 - Christopher Coal Company.'
IDNO:
004431
Title:
Building the Tipple at Miracle Run Mine
Date:
1967
IDNO:
004433
Title:
Consolidation Coal Company Fairmont Tipple
Description:
Tipple with filled RR cars.
IDNO:
004454
Title:
Oakwood Mine Tipple
Date:
ca. 1908-1920
Description:
Oakwood Steel Tipple loading coal cars. Men standing on the coal in the cars.
IDNO:
004471
Title:
Mine No. 38 Tipple Under Construction
Description:
Tipple under construction.
IDNO:
004477
Title:
Coal Tipple at Red Parrot
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Coal tipple at Red Parrot. Large chute coming from the coal mine. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad car being filled.
IDNO:
004478
Title:
Tipple and Coal Cars at Arkwright Mine
Description:
"Mine cars with 6 to 8 tons of raw R/M moving to rotary dump -Arkwright."
IDNO:
004487
Title:
Tipple at the Fairmont Coal Company West Fork Mine
Description:
A view of the Fairmont Coal Co. West Fork Mine tipple.
IDNO:
004489
Title:
Tipple at the Fairmont Coal Company Dunham Mine
Description:
A view of the Fairmont Coal Co. Dunham Mine tipple.
IDNO:
004490
Title:
Tipple at the Fairmont Coal Company Monongah Mine No. 2
Description:
View of the Fairmont Coal Co. Monongah Mine No. 2 tipple.
IDNO:
004493
Title:
Tipple at the Fairmont Coal Company Riverdale Mine
Description:
A view of the Fairmont Coal Co. Riverdale Mine 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.
IDNO:
004559
Title:
Coal Tipple
Date:
ca. 1950-1960
Description:
Tipple on a hillside, possibly Cranberry or Summerlee.
IDNO:
004560
Title:
Coal Tipple
Date:
ca. 1950-1960
Description:
Coal cars going under tipple, Cranberry or Summerlee Mine.
IDNO:
004562
Title:
Coal Tipple
Date:
ca. 1950-1960
Description:
Two men walking away from either Cranberry or Summerlee tipple loading coal cars.
IDNO:
004564
Title:
Loaded Coal Cars at Summerlee or Cranberry
Date:
ca. 1950-1960
Description:
Chesapeake and Ohio coal cars full of coal.
IDNO:
011736
Title:
Mine Accident, W. Va.
Description:
A site of a mine accident.
IDNO:
011737
Title:
Mine Accident, W. Va.
Description:
A site of a mine accident.
IDNO:
029050
Title:
Pond Creek Pocahontas Co. No. 4 Coal Mine Tipple and Buildings
Date:
undated
Description:
'Island Creek Coal Sales Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; The following cars of Pocahontas coal were shipped today for account of; 4-Point Pocahontas Coal'
IDNO:
030104
Title:
Early West Virginia Coal Mine
Description:
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.
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."
IDNO:
030224
Title:
Loaded Coal Cars Leaving the Mine at Rosemont or Flemington, W. Va.
IDNO:
030225
Title:
Reppert Coal Company, Eagle Mine
Description:
Likely near Hepzibah, W. Va.
IDNO:
030228
Title:
Loaded Coal Cars Leaving the Mine at Rosemont or Flemington, W. Va.
IDNO:
030230
Title:
Coal Tipple
Description:
Likely Rosemont or Flemington, W. Va.
IDNO:
034205
Title:
Coal Miners at Work
Date:
1934-1940
IDNO:
034206
Title:
Coal Miner at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940
IDNO:
034207
Title:
Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940
IDNO:
034209
Title:
Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940
IDNO:
034210
Title:
Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940
IDNO:
034211
Title:
Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940
IDNO:
034220
Title:
Coal Miners in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940
IDNO:
035648
Title:
Hand Loading Shaker Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
"This is a shaker conveyor minus the duckbill, with a 90 degree turn at the face of a 55 foot room. The loaders are seen shoveling coal into the shaker."
IDNO:
035649
Title:
Mine Workers Posed with Cars, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
"Six ton motor and mine cars loaded with man trip for second shift."
IDNO:
035650
Title:
Substation, Bath and Lamp Houses, Island Creek Coal Company
IDNO:
035651
Title:
View of Tramroad Looking West, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
"Looking west on tramroad showing mine cars loaded with coal, head house, conveyor line, railroad tipple, river tipple and Kanawha River."
IDNO:
035652
Title:
Conveyor Line to River Tipple, Coal Barges and Kanawha River, Island Creek Coal Company
IDNO:
035653
Title:
Loading Booms, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
"Loading booms, lowered to level of track. The coal drops between the rails to a hopper below from which point a conveyor carries the coal to the river tipple and barges."
IDNO:
035656
Title:
Store, Commissary, Office and Doctor's Office, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
Old cars parked in front of a store front.
IDNO:
035657
Title:
Coal Cars beside Railroad Tracks, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1956/08
IDNO:
035658
Title:
Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1956/08
IDNO:
035659
Title:
View from Coal Barge, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1956/08
IDNO:
035660
Title:
Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1956/08
IDNO:
035661
Title:
Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1956/08
IDNO:
035662
Title:
Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1956/08
IDNO:
035664
Title:
Coal Car beside Railroad Tracks, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1956/08
IDNO:
035667
Title:
Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1956/08
IDNO:
035669
Title:
Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1956/08
IDNO:
035675
Title:
Some of the Houses, Island Creek Coal Company
IDNO:
035676
Title:
No. 5 Picking Table, Island Creek Coal Company
IDNO:
035677
Title:
Cars Feeding Into Tipple, No. 3 Mine, Island Creek Coal Company
IDNO:
035678
Title:
Dumping Mine Car No. 4, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
Mine workers are posed next to the dumping car.
IDNO:
035679
Title:
No. 6 Loading Lump Coal from Boom, Island Creek Coal Company
IDNO:
035680
Title:
No. 8 Train of 'Run of Mine', Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
undated
IDNO:
035681
Title:
No. 7 Loading Boom, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
Mine workers are posed next to the loading boom.
IDNO:
035682
Title:
No. 1 Power Plant, Island Creek Coal Comapny
IDNO:
035683
Title:
No. 2 Tipple, Island Creek Coal Company
IDNO:
035684
Title:
Panoramic View of Tipple No. 2 and Surrounding Houses, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
Section one of three. Please see 035685 (section two) and 035686 (section three).
IDNO:
035685
Title:
Panoramic View of Tipple No. 2 and Surrounding Houses, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
Section two of three. Please see 035684 (section one) and 035686 (section three).
IDNO:
035686
Title:
Panoramic View of Tipple No. 2 and Surrounding Houses, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
Section three of three. Please see 035684 (section one) and 035685 (section two).
IDNO:
035687
Title:
No. 22 Planner, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1953/06/26
IDNO:
035688
Title:
No. 22 Planner, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1953/06/26
Description:
Male workers are standing around examining machinery in this portrait.
IDNO:
035689
Title:
No. 24 Preparation Plant, Fine Coal Cleaning Plant, Island Creek Coal Company
IDNO:
035691
Title:
Men Posed on a Coal Car, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1916
Description:
Men are sitting on the front of a coal car. Both men are wearing hats and smoking pipes. The man on the right is identified as Mr. H. Groos.
IDNO:
035692
Title:
View of a Barge
Description:
On the front: "Built by Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation."On the back: "125'x 26'x6' 6" 40 barges. Woods Brothers Construction Company, Lincoln, Nebraska."
IDNO:
035693
Title:
View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1947/01/10
IDNO:
035695
Title:
Mine Workers Posed in Front of Equipment
