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Virginian and C&O coal trains outside of a coal town.

1. Virginian and Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars Passing By Miner's Houses

IDNO:
002046
Title:
Virginian and Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Cars Passing By Miner's Houses
Description:
Virginian and C&O coal trains outside of a coal town.
A processing plant sits below miner's homes and open countryside.

2. Preparation Plant

IDNO:
002166
Title:
Preparation Plant
Description:
A processing plant sits below miner's homes and open countryside.
Men and lumber outside of the top head house at concho top community, Thurmond Coal Co.

3. Top Head House at Concho Top Community, Thurmond Coal Company

IDNO:
002268
Title:
Top Head House at Concho Top Community, Thurmond Coal Company
Date:
1876
Description:
Men and lumber outside of the top head house at concho top community, Thurmond Coal Co.
Aerial view of Pierce, W. Va. Davis Coal and Coke Company. Part of headframe, miner's houses, railroad tracks, and coal cars visibile.

4. View of Pierce W.Va. from Headframe, Davis Coal and Coke Company

IDNO:
002384
Title:
View of Pierce W.Va. from Headframe, Davis Coal and Coke Company
Description:
Aerial view of Pierce, W. Va. Davis Coal and Coke Company. Part of headframe, miner's houses, railroad tracks, and coal cars visibile.
Group walking on railroad tracks with coal buildings all around them. None of the subjects are identified.

5. Miners' Children Walking on Railroad Tracks Near Coal Tipple and Miner's Houses

IDNO:
002610
Title:
Miners' Children Walking on Railroad Tracks Near Coal Tipple and Miner's Houses
Date:
undated
Description:
Group walking on railroad tracks with coal buildings all around them. None of the subjects are identified.
Early water supply for residences. The steps lead up to the homes.

6. Hand Pump Water Supply for Miner's Houses

IDNO:
002617
Title:
Hand Pump Water Supply for Miner's Houses
Description:
Early water supply for residences. The steps lead up to the homes.
Barracks for miners, probably at Louisville Coal and Coke or Greenbrier Coal and Coke.

7. Interior of a Coal Miners' Barracks

IDNO:
002664
Title:
Interior of a Coal Miners' Barracks
Date:
ca. 1885-1900
Description:
Barracks for miners, probably at Louisville Coal and Coke or Greenbrier Coal and Coke.
Copy-taken from the West Virginia Review, Vol. 4, Oct. 1926-Sept. 1927, "Building a Mining Community", April 1927, Article by C. A. Cabell, President of Carbon Fuel Company. The picture is on page 209 of Vol 4, April 1927.<br />

8. Modern Miners' Cottages

IDNO:
002830
Title:
Modern Miners' Cottages
Date:
ca. 1927
Description:
Copy-taken from the West Virginia Review, Vol. 4, Oct. 1926-Sept. 1927, "Building a Mining Community", April 1927, Article by C. A. Cabell, President of Carbon Fuel Company. The picture is on page 209 of Vol 4, April 1927.
Three children of a mining family stand in front of a fireplace.

9. Miner's Children

IDNO:
002835
Title:
Miner's Children
Description:
Three children of a mining family stand in front of a fireplace.
Two children drinking with their mother at the dinner table.

10. Mining Family at the Dinner Table

IDNO:
002837
Title:
Mining Family at the Dinner Table
Description:
Two children drinking with their mother at the dinner table.
Men on the porch of a house in a coal camp. Saddled horse standing in front of the porch.

11. Dwelling in Coal Camp

IDNO:
002841
Title:
Dwelling in Coal Camp
Description:
Men on the porch of a house in a coal camp. Saddled horse standing in front of the porch.
Very early miner's homes, wooden buildings in the woods near train tracks.

12. Miners' Tenements

IDNO:
002843
Title:
Miners' Tenements
Date:
ca. 1887-1892
Description:
Very early miner's homes, wooden buildings in the woods near train tracks.