Mecca Colliery and Coke Company, Morris Creek, near Montgomery, W. Va.
- Identifier:
- 052162
- Collection Number:
- A&M 3567
- Title:
- Mecca Colliery and Coke Company, Morris Creek, near Montgomery, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- An electric haulage rail system at mine no. 2. An Africa-American miner is pictured in the conductor's seat on the train engine. Miners inspect the coal loaded into the carts before it is transported.
- Subjects:
- Coal mines and mining--West Virginia--Fayette County., Coal Mines and Mining--Coal Transportation--Rail., African American coal miners--West Virginia., Coal miners--West Virginia., Coal Mines and Mining--Coal Carts., Coal--Transportation--West Virginia--Fayette County.
- Geographic:
- Montgomery (W. Va.)
- Acquisition Source:
- Caldwell, Walter
- Acquisition Method:
- Acquired
- Medium:
- digital file
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView
