Last Trip Into the Mine, Stotesbury, W. Va.

Identifier:

004171

Title:

Last Trip Into the Mine, Stotesbury, W. Va.

Date:

1981/03/26

Description:

'Miners on the last shift before the United Mine Workers of America members walk-out pending contract ratification ride a mine car into a drift mine at a Slab Fork Coal Company site in southern West Virginia. The shift ends at midnight Thursday marking the begining of the contract strike. (AP Laserphoto) (James Samsell/str52000jls)1981.'

Subjects:

Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--West Virginia--Stotesbury., Coal Mines and Mining--Strikes., Coal miners--West Virginia--Stotesbury., Coal mines and mining--West Virginia--Stotesbury.

Corporate Names:

Slab Fork Coal Company. Mine no. 10.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView