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Houses behind railroad at Cranberry mine.

2881. Virginian Railroad Car Filled with Coal Passes Miner's Homes at Cranberry, W. Va.

IDNO:
002888
Title:
Virginian Railroad Car Filled with Coal Passes Miner's Homes at Cranberry, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1950-1960
Description:
Houses behind railroad at Cranberry mine.
'The one grade White Oak is mighty proud of, is its Domestic Mine Run. Here yousee twenty-two cars of this grade at our Cranberry No. 3 Mine. This Mine Run is very coarse; free from impurities; has a bright shiny appearance and we ship a million tons of it every year. Just think of it, 20,000 cars of this fine fuel shipped to satisfied customers each year. We also want you to notice the background of the picture, showing the neat homes occupied by the men who mine White Oak coal. Notice also how neat the surroundings are. Houses are kept neatly painted; yards fensed; grounds kept clean and everything possible done to provide a nice place for employees to live.'

2882. Railroad Cars Filled with Domestic Mine Run Grade Coal at White Oak Coal Company's Cranberry No. 3 Mine

IDNO:
002889
Title:
Railroad Cars Filled with Domestic Mine Run Grade Coal at White Oak Coal Company's Cranberry No. 3 Mine
Description:
'The one grade White Oak is mighty proud of, is its Domestic Mine Run. Here yousee twenty-two cars of this grade at our Cranberry No. 3 Mine. This Mine Run is very coarse; free from impurities; has a bright shiny appearance and we ship a million tons of it every year. Just think of it, 20,000 cars of this fine fuel shipped to satisfied customers each year. We also want you to notice the background of the picture, showing the neat homes occupied by the men who mine White Oak coal. Notice also how neat the surroundings are. Houses are kept neatly painted; yards fensed; grounds kept clean and everything possible done to provide a nice place for employees to live.'
Pciture taken from West Virginia Review, Vol. 4, Oct. 1926 - Sept. 1927. Article, 'The Winding Gulf Coal Fields' by C.H. Mead, April 1927 issue. Picture is on page 212.

2883. Gulf Smokeless Coal Company, Tams, W. Va., Winding Gulf District

IDNO:
002890
Title:
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company, Tams, W. Va., Winding Gulf District
Date:
ca. 1926-1927
Description:
Pciture taken from West Virginia Review, Vol. 4, Oct. 1926 - Sept. 1927. Article, 'The Winding Gulf Coal Fields' by C.H. Mead, April 1927 issue. Picture is on page 212.
Railroad and houses at the Summerlee Mine.

2884. Summerlee Mine

IDNO:
002891
Title:
Summerlee Mine
Description:
Railroad and houses at the Summerlee Mine.
Miners log cabins built up next to the railroad.

2885. Miners' Housing

IDNO:
002892
Title:
Miners' Housing
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Miners log cabins built up next to the railroad.
Mining homes with rubble in the streets.

2886. Miners' Housing

IDNO:
002893
Title:
Miners' Housing
Date:
ca. 1887-1892
Description:
Mining homes with rubble in the streets.
Home of the coal operator J. L. Beury in Beury, W. Va.

2887. Home of Coal Operator J. L. Beury at Beury, W. Va.

IDNO:
002894
Title:
Home of Coal Operator J. L. Beury at Beury, W. Va.
Description:
Home of the coal operator J. L. Beury in Beury, W. Va.
Coal mine town at Tams, W. Va.

2888. Gulf Smokeless Coal Company, Tams, W. Va., Winding Gulf District

IDNO:
002895
Title:
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company, Tams, W. Va., Winding Gulf District
Description:
Coal mine town at Tams, W. Va.
Filled Chesapeake and Ohio coal car in front of a group of houses at Tams, W. Va.Picture includes: Betty Jean Seals, Robert Church, Doris Williams, Marlene Dews, Leroy Messingbery, Josephine or Ernestine Hill, Whitney Hairston, Wilfred Younger, and Charlene Jennings.

2889. Beckley Coal at Tams, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002896
Title:
Beckley Coal at Tams, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
1916/06
Description:
Filled Chesapeake and Ohio coal car in front of a group of houses at Tams, W. Va.Picture includes: Betty Jean Seals, Robert Church, Doris Williams, Marlene Dews, Leroy Messingbery, Josephine or Ernestine Hill, Whitney Hairston, Wilfred Younger, and Charlene Jennings.
Trains filled with coal file past a group of miners houses in Sprague, W. Va.

2890. Miner's Houses in Sprague, W. Va.

IDNO:
002897
Title:
Miner's Houses in Sprague, W. Va.
Date:
1948/05/11
Description:
Trains filled with coal file past a group of miners houses in Sprague, W. Va.
'View of Montcoal, the attractive up-to-date town built up around the Colcord Coal Company operations.' The picture came from the West Virginia Review, page 429, in an article titled 'A Coal Company that is a real Community Builder'.

2891. Montcoal, W. Va.

IDNO:
002898
Title:
Montcoal, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
'View of Montcoal, the attractive up-to-date town built up around the Colcord Coal Company operations.' The picture came from the West Virginia Review, page 429, in an article titled 'A Coal Company that is a real Community Builder'.
'Modern Y.M.C.A. and recreation building; teacherage; and consolidated school building. Carbon is where the first Y.M.C.A in a bituminous field in the U.S. was established.' Picture was taken from an article in the West Virginia Review by C.A. Cabell, President of Carbon Fuel Company, titled 'Building a Mining Community'. Picture is on page 209 of the April 1927 issue.

2892. YMCA at Carbon, W. Va.

IDNO:
002899
Title:
YMCA at Carbon, W. Va.
Description:
'Modern Y.M.C.A. and recreation building; teacherage; and consolidated school building. Carbon is where the first Y.M.C.A in a bituminous field in the U.S. was established.' Picture was taken from an article in the West Virginia Review by C.A. Cabell, President of Carbon Fuel Company, titled 'Building a Mining Community'. Picture is on page 209 of the April 1927 issue.