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Men outside of the entrance to the mine at Fire Creek.

61. Tunnel to Main Entry at Fire Creek

IDNO:
002265
Title:
Tunnel to Main Entry at Fire Creek
Date:
1876
Description:
Men outside of the entrance to the mine at Fire Creek.
Coal official shaking hands with miners

62. Coal Official Shaking Hands with Miners During a Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip

IDNO:
002301
Title:
Coal Official Shaking Hands with Miners During a Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Coal official shaking hands with miners
Group of miners and coal officials outside of mine building during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.

63. Coal Officials and Miners, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip

IDNO:
002427
Title:
Coal Officials and Miners, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Group of miners and coal officials outside of mine building during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
Miner talking with two coal officials during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.

64. Miner Talking with Two Coal Officials, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip

IDNO:
002428
Title:
Miner Talking with Two Coal Officials, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Miner talking with two coal officials during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
Three miners watch a line of coal officials entering a room during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.

65. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip

IDNO:
002431
Title:
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Three miners watch a line of coal officials entering a room during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
Miners entering a room with other miners sitting on benches lining the walls during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.

66. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip

IDNO:
002433
Title:
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Miners entering a room with other miners sitting on benches lining the walls during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
Miners locker room during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.

67. Miners' Locker Room, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip

IDNO:
002435
Title:
Miners' Locker Room, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company Inspection Trip
Date:
1948
Description:
Miners locker room during a Consolidation Coal Co. Inspection trip.
This photograph originally appeared in publications of "Testimony of John L. Lewis before Congressional Committees on Centralia Mine Explosion, 1947" with the description 'McIntyre, Pa. - December 31st, 1940.' However, the McIntyre Kent #2 Mine disaster did not occur until June 30th, 1941. The location and date of the photograph are thus unclear.

68. Group portrait of "Five miners who lived to tell the story"

IDNO:
002472
Title:
Group portrait of "Five miners who lived to tell the story"
Date:
1940s
Description:
This photograph originally appeared in publications of "Testimony of John L. Lewis before Congressional Committees on Centralia Mine Explosion, 1947" with the description 'McIntyre, Pa. - December 31st, 1940.' However, the McIntyre Kent #2 Mine disaster did not occur until June 30th, 1941. The location and date of the photograph are thus unclear.
Group portrait of a mine safety team at Thomas, W. Va.

69. Mine Safety Team, Thomas, W. Va.

IDNO:
002490
Title:
Mine Safety Team, Thomas, W. Va.
Description:
Group portrait of a mine safety team at Thomas, W. Va.
Miners in cars about to go down to the pit. Photograph courtesy of the Farm Security Administration.

70. Man Trip to the Working Face

IDNO:
002564
Title:
Man Trip to the Working Face
Date:
ca. 1939
Description:
Miners in cars about to go down to the pit. Photograph courtesy of the Farm Security Administration.
A miner operates a cart full of coal exiting the mine.

71. Coal Cars Exiting a Mine

IDNO:
002581
Title:
Coal Cars Exiting a Mine
Description:
A miner operates a cart full of coal exiting the mine.
'West Virginia coal miners entering 'the bowels of the earth' to produce fuel for the defense of the Nation. The State supplies more than a quarter of the Nation's total production of coal.' Courtesy of W. Va. Dept of Labor.

72. Coal Miners Entering Mine, 'The Man Trip'

IDNO:
002585
Title:
Coal Miners Entering Mine, 'The Man Trip'
Description:
'West Virginia coal miners entering 'the bowels of the earth' to produce fuel for the defense of the Nation. The State supplies more than a quarter of the Nation's total production of coal.' Courtesy of W. Va. Dept of Labor.