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Man standing on railroad tracks next to tipple.

1. Thurmond Coal Company Tipple

Men standing outside of the No. 2 Head House of the Thurmond Coal Co.

2. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

Thurmond Coal Co. head house with a group of men standing outside of it.

3. No. 2 Head House, Thurmond Coal Company

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

Filled railroad cars at the Collins Colliery Tipple. There is a water reservoir in the background.

5. Collins Colliery Tipple

"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

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

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

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

Forrested area with building in the background.

10. Dunedin Coal Company Tipple

11. Coal Miners at Work

12. Coal Miner at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

13. Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

14. Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

15. Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

16. Coal Miners at Work in Rosedale Coal Company

17. Coal Miners in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company

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

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

20. View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company

Two miners standing next to drilling machine.

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

Two men operating a loading machine.

22. Loading Machine in Action at Mine No. 32

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

'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.

25. Tipple, No. 27, Island Creek Coal Company

26. Tipple No. 27, Island Creek Coal Company

27. Tipple, Mine No. 27, Island Creek Coal Company

28. Tipple No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

29. Tipple No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

30. Tipple No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

31. No. 22 Planner, Island Creek Coal Company

Male workers are standing around examining machinery in this portrait.

32. No. 22 Planner, Island Creek Coal Company

33. Replacing Hopper Plates, Barge No. 33, Island Creek Coal Company

34. Kennedy Type Barge No. 80 Ready for New Wood Floor and Barge No. 33 with New Inside Hopper Plates, Island Creek Coal Company

35. Down Stream View of New Piers and Retainer Wall, Island Creek Coal Company

36. View of Completed Piers as Related to Preparation Plant, Island Creek Coal Company

37. View of Excavation for Footers, Island Creek Coal Company

38. Down Stream View of Furnace Foundation Piers and Walls, Island Creek Coal Company

39. Down Stream View Showing New Piers for Plant Building with Furnace Foundation in Rear, Island Creek Coal Company

40. Flooring Barge No. 34, Island Creek Coal Company

41. Replacing Hopper Sides, Barge No. 32, Island Creek Coal Company

42. Down Stream View Showing New Piers in Foreground and Furnace Foundations in Rear, Island Creek Coal Company

43. Machinery, Island Creek Coal Company

44. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

45. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

46. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

47. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

48. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company