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Man standing on railroad tracks next to tipple.

1. Thurmond Coal Company Tipple

IDNO:
002290
Title:
Thurmond Coal Company Tipple
Date:
1876
Description:
Man standing on railroad tracks next to tipple.
Men standing outside of the No. 2 Head House of the Thurmond Coal Co.

2. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

IDNO:
002297
Title:
No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company
Date:
1876
Description:
Men standing outside of the No. 2 Head House of the Thurmond Coal Co.
Thurmond Coal Co. head house with a group of men standing outside of it.

3. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

IDNO:
002287
Title:
No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company
Date:
1876
Description:
Thurmond Coal Co. head house with a group of men standing outside of it.
Information with print includes "Pick Mining, Electric Haulage, Capacity 750 Tons". Print published in a book titled, "Properties Owned and Controlled By the Consolidated Coal Company West Virginia Properties Inspected By Directors And Their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907".

4. Ocean Mine No. 3 1/2, Consolidation Coal Company

IDNO:
039683
Title:
Ocean Mine No. 3 1/2, Consolidation Coal Company
Date:
1907/08
Description:
Information with print includes "Pick Mining, Electric Haulage, Capacity 750 Tons". Print published in a book titled, "Properties Owned and Controlled By the Consolidated Coal Company West Virginia Properties Inspected By Directors And Their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907".
Filled railroad cars at the Collins Colliery Tipple. There is a water reservoir in the background.

5. Collins Colliery Tipple

IDNO:
004504
Title:
Collins Colliery Tipple
Date:
1908
Description:
Filled railroad cars at the Collins Colliery Tipple. There is a water reservoir in the background.
"No Time for School in 1911- Shown is a typical group of youngsters, aged nine to fourteen, at the end of a ten-hour shift in a W. Va coal mine in 1911. A day's wages averaged 50-75 cents. Known as 'breaker boys,' these children worked six days a week breaking up large chunks of coal, picking out slate and other impurities, and greasing coal cars. The A.F. of L. fought for passage of effective child labor laws to prohibit such exploitation of youthful workers in many mines, mills and factories."

6. No Time for School in 1911- Child Miners Group before Child Labor Laws

IDNO:
030160
Title:
No Time for School in 1911- Child Miners Group before Child Labor Laws
Date:
1911
Description:
"No Time for School in 1911- Shown is a typical group of youngsters, aged nine to fourteen, at the end of a ten-hour shift in a W. Va coal mine in 1911. A day's wages averaged 50-75 cents. Known as 'breaker boys,' these children worked six days a week breaking up large chunks of coal, picking out slate and other impurities, and greasing coal cars. The A.F. of L. fought for passage of effective child labor laws to prohibit such exploitation of youthful workers in many mines, mills and factories."
Men are sitting on the front of a coal car. Both men are wearing hats and smoking pipes. The man on the right is identified as Mr. H. Groos.

7. Men Posed on a Coal Car, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:
035691
Title:
Men Posed on a Coal Car, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1916
Description:
Men are sitting on the front of a coal car. Both men are wearing hats and smoking pipes. The man on the right is identified as Mr. H. Groos.
Group portrait of miners and rescue equipment. This group took first place at competitions St. Louis. From Left to Right: Frank Colline, Edward Graff, Howard Samuels, Andrew Lightfoot, R.P. Nicholls and Fred Lamb.

8. New River Coal and Coke Company's International Mine Rescue Champions

IDNO:
002797
Title:
New River Coal and Coke Company's International Mine Rescue Champions
Date:
1921
Description:
Group portrait of miners and rescue equipment. This group took first place at competitions St. Louis. From Left to Right: Frank Colline, Edward Graff, Howard Samuels, Andrew Lightfoot, R.P. Nicholls and Fred Lamb.

9. New River Company Employees who helped at the Benwood Mine Disaster.

IDNO:
002484
Title:
New River Company Employees who helped at the Benwood Mine Disaster.
Date:
1924
Forrested area with building in the background.

10. Dunedin Coal Company Tipple

IDNO:
002291
Title:
Dunedin Coal Company Tipple
Date:
1926
Description:
Forrested area with building in the background.

11. Coal Miners at Work

IDNO:
034205
Title:
Coal Miners at Work
Date:
1934-1940

12. Coal Miner at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

IDNO:
034206
Title:
Coal Miner at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940

13. Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

IDNO:
034207
Title:
Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940

14. Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

IDNO:
034209
Title:
Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940

15. Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

IDNO:
034210
Title:
Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940

16. Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

IDNO:
034211
Title:
Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940

17. Coal Miners in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company

IDNO:
034220
Title:
Coal Miners in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940

18. Coal Conveyor, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:
035816
Title:
Coal Conveyor, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1947

19. Tipple, Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:
035815
Title:
Tipple, Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1947

20. View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:
035693
Title:
View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1947/01/10
Two miners standing next to drilling machine.

21. Miners Operating a Drilling Machine at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 32

IDNO:
003031
Title:
Miners Operating a Drilling Machine at Consolidation Coal Mine No. 32
Date:
1947/01/22
Description:
Two miners standing next to drilling machine.
Two men operating a loading machine.

22. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

IDNO:
002200
Title:
Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Two men operating a loading machine.

23. Tipple, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:
035814
Title:
Tipple, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:
1947/09/02
'Miners walking from slope entry in background toward wash house at end of shift. Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Co. W. Va.'

24. Miners Walking to Wash House, Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Company, W. Va.

IDNO:
002967
Title:
Miners Walking to Wash House, Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Company, W. Va.
Date:
1948/08
Description:
'Miners walking from slope entry in background toward wash house at end of shift. Mine No. 98, Consolidation Coal Co. W. Va.'