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Men standing on near coke ovens of the New River Coal Co.

13. Coke Ovens, New River Coal Company, Caperton, W. Va.

IDNO:
002289
Title:
Coke Ovens, New River Coal Company, Caperton, W. Va.
Date:
1876
Description:
Men standing on near coke ovens of the New River Coal Co.
Coal cars with two men standing on top. Lady with two small children are standing, waiting next to a building.

14. Coal Bin for Coke Ovens, New River Coal Company, Caperton, W. Va.

IDNO:
002296
Title:
Coal Bin for Coke Ovens, New River Coal Company, Caperton, W. Va.
Description:
Coal cars with two men standing on top. Lady with two small children are standing, waiting next to a building.

15. New River Company Employees who helped at the Benwood Mine Disaster.

IDNO:
002484
Title:
New River Company Employees who helped at the Benwood Mine Disaster.
Date:
1924
Safety float of the New River Coal and Coke Co. on the Fourth of July. Floats with safety themes highlighted many parades in Fayette and Raleigh Counties.

16. New River Coal Company Safety Float at Mt. Hope, W. Va.

IDNO:
002810
Title:
New River Coal Company Safety Float at Mt. Hope, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Safety float of the New River Coal and Coke Co. on the Fourth of July. Floats with safety themes highlighted many parades in Fayette and Raleigh Counties.
Group of people with instruments. 'Many NRC towns had own orchestras.'

17. New River Coal Company Employee Orchestra

IDNO:
002839
Title:
New River Coal Company Employee Orchestra
Date:
ca. 1930-1940
Description:
Group of people with instruments. 'Many NRC towns had own orchestras.'
Group portrait of the New River Coal Company band in uniform standing on steps.

18. New River Coal Company Band

IDNO:
002844
Title:
New River Coal Company Band
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Group portrait of the New River Coal Company band in uniform standing on steps.
'All White Oak mines work the same seam of coal, viz: Sewall...The face of one of the working places or rooms is shown in this picture. The coal averages about 48 to 50 inches in thickness. This working place is now ready to be cut by the undercutting machine, so it can be shot down by the miner and loaded into the cars for transportations to the tipple. The white line on the roof in this picture is the center line of the room set by the engineers to guide the men operating the mining machine in driving the room straight.'

19. Sewall Coal Seam Worked by the New River Coal Company

IDNO:
003053
Title:
Sewall Coal Seam Worked by the New River Coal Company
Description:
'All White Oak mines work the same seam of coal, viz: Sewall...The face of one of the working places or rooms is shown in this picture. The coal averages about 48 to 50 inches in thickness. This working place is now ready to be cut by the undercutting machine, so it can be shot down by the miner and loaded into the cars for transportations to the tipple. The white line on the roof in this picture is the center line of the room set by the engineers to guide the men operating the mining machine in driving the room straight.'
Portrait of men standing on and around a porch.

20. General Office Staff of the New River Coal Company

IDNO:
003240
Title:
General Office Staff of the New River Coal Company
Date:
1913
Description:
Portrait of men standing on and around a porch.
'Front- H.L. Kirkpatrick, S.A. Hunt, E.V. Bowman and S.E. Sparks. Back- Donald M. Reedy (V.P. Planning and Development), O.T. Carr (Secretary and Treasurer), Norville L. Ellison (mgr. stores) and J.M. Wade (Consultant).

21. New River Coal Company Administrative Team

IDNO:
003269
Title:
New River Coal Company Administrative Team
Description:
'Front- H.L. Kirkpatrick, S.A. Hunt, E.V. Bowman and S.E. Sparks. Back- Donald M. Reedy (V.P. Planning and Development), O.T. Carr (Secretary and Treasurer), Norville L. Ellison (mgr. stores) and J.M. Wade (Consultant).
Staff of the New River Company standing on the porch of their interim office building in McDonald, W.Va. Later moved to Mt. Hope.

22. New River Company General Office Staff, McDonald, W. Va.

IDNO:
004503
Title:
New River Company General Office Staff, McDonald, W. Va.
Date:
1912/07/14
Description:
Staff of the New River Company standing on the porch of their interim office building in McDonald, W.Va. Later moved to Mt. Hope.
Taken at Cranberry mine, Chesapeake and Ohio Coal cars being filled under a tipple.

23. Loading Coal Cars at the Cranberry Mine Tipple

IDNO:
004543
Title:
Loading Coal Cars at the Cranberry Mine Tipple
Date:
1952/04/20
Description:
Taken at Cranberry mine, Chesapeake and Ohio Coal cars being filled under a tipple.
The nineteen survivors of the Layland mine explosion are pictured together outside of the mine entrance. The accident left 112 miners dead. The mine was operated by the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company.

24. Survivors of the Layland Mine Explosion, Layland, W. Va.

IDNO:
052155
Title:
Survivors of the Layland Mine Explosion, Layland, W. Va.
Date:
1915/03/02
Description:
The nineteen survivors of the Layland mine explosion are pictured together outside of the mine entrance. The accident left 112 miners dead. The mine was operated by the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company.