Survivors of the Layland Mine Explosion, Layland, W. Va.
- Identifier:
- 052155
- Collection Number:
- A&M 3567
- 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.
- Subjects:
- Coal Mines and Mining--Portraits--Group., Coal Mines and Mining--Mine Disasters., Coal mines and mining--West Virginia--Fayette County.
- Corporate Names:
- Pocahontas Coal Company., New River Coal Company.
- Acquisition Source:
- Caldwell, Walter
- Acquisition Method:
- Acquired
- Medium:
- digital file
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView
