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39925. Blair Mountain; Stone Church, Opposite Mouth of Camp Branch Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040651
Title:: Blair Mountain; Stone Church, Opposite Mouth of Camp Branch Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/07

Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.

39926. Blair Mountain; Mouth of Bill Smith Hollow; Looking East; Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040652
Title:: Blair Mountain; Mouth of Bill Smith Hollow; Looking East; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/07
Description:: Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.

Place where mine cars would be tipped and emptied of their coal.

39927. Tipple Near Boone-Logan County Line, Hewett Road, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040653
Title:: Tipple Near Boone-Logan County Line, Hewett Road, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/07
Description:: Place where mine cars would be tipped and emptied of their coal.

Part of a mining operation.

39928. DAL-TEX Tipple, Near Monclo, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040654
Title:: DAL-TEX Tipple, Near Monclo, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/06
Description:: Part of a mining operation.

On the right: surface mining operation.

39929. DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040655
Title:: DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/06
Description:: On the right: surface mining operation.

39930. DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040656
Title:: DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/06

Tops of the mountains in the distance have been removed.

39931. Blair Mountain; DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040657
Title:: Blair Mountain; DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/06
Description:: Tops of the mountains in the distance have been removed.

39932. DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040658
Title:: DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan County, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/02/11

Old Smith and Wesson likely from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

39933. Semi Automatic Smith and Wesson, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040659
Title:: Semi Automatic Smith and Wesson, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/09
Description:: Old Smith and Wesson likely from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

Casings and button were likely left from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

39934. Shell Casings and Button Found at Whites Trace Branch, Logan County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040660
Title:: Shell Casings and Button Found at Whites Trace Branch, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/05/23
Description:: Casings and button were likely left from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

Marker reads: "Blair Mtn. Fire Tower Site Of Miners Battle Blair Mtn. Aug. 1921".

39935. Historic Marker at Blair Mountain Gap, Logan Co., W. Va.

IDNO:: 040661
Title:: Historic Marker at Blair Mountain Gap, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:: 1991/05/23
Description:: Marker reads: "Blair Mtn. Fire Tower Site Of Miners Battle Blair Mtn. Aug. 1921".

Northwest exterior view of a ca. 1914 structure built by Italian masons for the Dingess-Rum Coal Company.

39936. Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, W. Va.

IDNO:: 040662
Title:: Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:: 1991/08/08
Description:: Northwest exterior view of a ca. 1914 structure built by Italian masons for the Dingess-Rum Coal Company.