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13. Coal Miners in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company

IDNO:
034220
Title:
Coal Miners in the Mine at Rosedale Coal Company
Date:
1934-1940
"Six ton motor and mine cars loaded with man trip for second shift."

14. Mine Workers Posed with Cars, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:
035649
Title:
Mine Workers Posed with Cars, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
"Six ton motor and mine cars loaded with man trip for second shift."
Mine workers are posed next to the dumping car.

15. Dumping Mine Car No. 4, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:
035678
Title:
Dumping Mine Car No. 4, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
Mine workers are posed next to the dumping car.
Mine workers are posed next to the loading boom.

16. No. 7 Loading Boom, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:
035681
Title:
No. 7 Loading Boom, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:
Mine workers are posed next to the loading boom.

17. Mine Workers Posed in Front of Equipment

IDNO:
035695
Title:
Mine Workers Posed in Front of Equipment
"Fannie and Nell" are the names of the mules. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

18. Hutchinson Owned Mine, Near Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
044575
Title:
Hutchinson Owned Mine, Near Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1920
Description:
"Fannie and Nell" are the names of the mules. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
Coal miners in Kanawha County demanded that operators raise their compensation rate to that of the surrounding area. The operators refused the demand, and therefore striking began on April 18, 1912 which lasted through July of 1913.

19. Paint Creek JCT, Coal Mine Strike, Cabin Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
045093
Title:
Paint Creek JCT, Coal Mine Strike, Cabin Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1913
Description:
Coal miners in Kanawha County demanded that operators raise their compensation rate to that of the surrounding area. The operators refused the demand, and therefore striking began on April 18, 1912 which lasted through July of 1913.
Men are wearing headlamps, so there is likely a mine site nearby.

20. Collecting Lumber Supplies For Use in Building Mine Interior

IDNO:
047926
Title:
Collecting Lumber Supplies For Use in Building Mine Interior
Date:
Undated
Description:
Men are wearing headlamps, so there is likely a mine site nearby.

21. View of Unidentified Mine and Miner

IDNO:
048144
Title:
View of Unidentified Mine and Miner
Date:
Undated
Then senator Kennedy campaigning in the presidential election in 1960 against Richard Nixon. Kennedy's speeches reflected a strong awareness of a significant decline in coal-mining jobs. The coal miner to his left is unidentified.

22. John F. Kennedy with a Coal Miner in Mullins, W. Va.

IDNO:
048233
Title:
John F. Kennedy with a Coal Miner in Mullins, W. Va.
Date:
1960/04/27
Description:
Then senator Kennedy campaigning in the presidential election in 1960 against Richard Nixon. Kennedy's speeches reflected a strong awareness of a significant decline in coal-mining jobs. The coal miner to his left is unidentified.
Kennedy visits a coal mine and miners during his presidential campaign against Richard Nixon.

23. John F. Kennedy Campaigning in Mullens, W. Va.

IDNO:
048234
Title:
John F. Kennedy Campaigning in Mullens, W. Va.
Date:
1960/04/27
Description:
Kennedy visits a coal mine and miners during his presidential campaign against Richard Nixon.
Coal miners push a large machine on tracks in an unknown mine likely in West Virginia.

24. Miners Push a Mining Machine Along Tracks in an Unknown Mine

IDNO:
050464
Title:
Miners Push a Mining Machine Along Tracks in an Unknown Mine
Date:
undated
Description:
Coal miners push a large machine on tracks in an unknown mine likely in West Virginia.