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Agricultural land being stripped by the C and P Coal Company in Taylor County. After mining, this land will be leveled and sloped for drainage, then restored to productive farm cover.

1. C and P Coal Company Strip Mine; Taylor County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 053324
Title:: C and P Coal Company Strip Mine; Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:: undated
Description:: Agricultural land being stripped by the C and P Coal Company in Taylor County. After mining, this land will be leveled and sloped for drainage, then restored to productive farm cover.

Ground view of the tipple structure.

2. Hump Mountain coal Company Tipple, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 048167
Title:: Hump Mountain coal Company Tipple, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1925
Description:: Ground view of the tipple structure.

Houses lined in distinct rows cover the hillside.Bobby Meadows, son of Ramona and Robert Meadows, had grandparents that lived here. His grandmother's name was Edna Meadows.

3. Hump Mountain Coal Company Housing, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 048166
Title:: Hump Mountain Coal Company Housing, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1925
Description:: Houses lined in distinct rows cover the hillside.Bobby Meadows, son of Ramona and Robert Meadows, had grandparents that lived here. His grandmother's name was Edna Meadows.

Looking down the tracks that lead to the tipple.

4. Hump Mountain Coal Company Railroad Track, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 048165
Title:: Hump Mountain Coal Company Railroad Track, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1925
Description:: Looking down the tracks that lead to the tipple.

Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad carts seen on the tracks waiting to load up on coal.

5. Coal Tipple and Mining Operations on a Snowy Winter Day

IDNO:: 047608
Title:: Coal Tipple and Mining Operations on a Snowy Winter Day
Date:: Undated
Description:: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad carts seen on the tracks waiting to load up on coal.

Notice the wires carrying carts filled with coal from the top to the bottom of mine. Coal town and mining operations can be seen in far distance.

6. Looking Down From Top of Hill at Unidentified Coal Mining Operations

IDNO:: 047549
Title:: Looking Down From Top of Hill at Unidentified Coal Mining Operations
Date:: Undated
Description:: Notice the wires carrying carts filled with coal from the top to the bottom of mine. Coal town and mining operations can be seen in far distance.

Tipple stands below the mine, with lumber next to it.

7. Huddleston Coal and Coke Company, Accoville, W. Va.

IDNO:: 047125
Title:: Huddleston Coal and Coke Company, Accoville, W. Va.
Date:: undated
Description:: Tipple stands below the mine, with lumber next to it.

8. Summers Coal Company Tipple, Logan County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 047124
Title:: Summers Coal Company Tipple, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:: undated

9. Williams Mine Consolidation Coal Company, Harrison County, W. Va

IDNO:: 047118
Title:: Williams Mine Consolidation Coal Company, Harrison County, W. Va

10. Jamison No. 9 Mine, W. Va.

IDNO:: 047117
Title:: Jamison No. 9 Mine, W. Va.
Date:: 1956/04/05

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".

11. 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".

On the front: "Loading coal cars at mine in West Virginia."

12. Loading Coal Cars, No. 22, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 036028
Title:: Loading Coal Cars, No. 22, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:: On the front: "Loading coal cars at mine in West Virginia."

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

IDNO:: 035845
Title:: Tipple, Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

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

IDNO:: 035844
Title:: Tipple, Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

15. View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035819
Title:: View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company

16. Workers Loading a Coal Car, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035817
Title:: Workers Loading a Coal Car, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

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

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

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

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

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

IDNO:: 035814
Title:: Tipple, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1947/09/02

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

IDNO:: 035813
Title:: Tipple, Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

21. View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035812
Title:: View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company

22. Coal Car on Tracks, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035811
Title:: Coal Car on Tracks, Island Creek Coal Company

23. Tipple No. 27, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035810
Title:: Tipple No. 27, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1949/04/15

24. Tipple, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035802
Title:: Tipple, Island Creek Coal Company

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

IDNO:: 035801
Title:: Tipple, No. 27, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1949/04/15

26. Sam P. Suit Barge, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035800
Title:: Sam P. Suit Barge, Island Creek Coal Company

27. View of Coal Barges and Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035799
Title:: View of Coal Barges and Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

28. View of Coal Barge and Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035798
Title:: View of Coal Barge and Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

29. View of Coal Barge and Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035797
Title:: View of Coal Barge and Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

30. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035796
Title:: View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

31. View of Coal Barges and Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035795
Title:: View of Coal Barges and Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

32. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035794
Title:: View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

33. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035793
Title:: View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

34. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035792
Title:: View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

35. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035791
Title:: View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

36. View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035790
Title:: View of Coal Barges, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

37. Machinery, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035789
Title:: Machinery, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1956/03/16

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

IDNO:: 035788
Title:: Replacing Hopper Plates, Barge No. 33, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/05/14

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

IDNO:: 035787
Title:: Kennedy Type Barge No. 80 Ready for New Wood Floor and Barge No. 33 with New Inside Hopper Plates, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/06/01

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

IDNO:: 035786
Title:: Flooring Barge No. 34, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/06/23

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

IDNO:: 035785
Title:: Replacing Hopper Sides, Barge No. 32, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/06/23

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

IDNO:: 035767
Title:: View of Excavation for Footers, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/06/04

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

IDNO:: 035766
Title:: View of Completed Piers as Related to Preparation Plant, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/06/04

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

IDNO:: 035765
Title:: Down Stream View of New Piers and Retainer Wall, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/06/04

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

IDNO:: 035763
Title:: Down Stream View Showing New Piers for Plant Building with Furnace Foundation in Rear, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/06/11

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

IDNO:: 035762
Title:: Down Stream View of Furnace Foundation Piers and Walls, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/06/11

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

IDNO:: 035761
Title:: Down Stream View Showing New Piers in Foreground and Furnace Foundations in Rear, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1955/06/25

48. Tipple No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035738
Title:: Tipple No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1953/06/15

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

IDNO:: 035737
Title:: Tipple, Mine No. 27, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1950/02/08

50. Tipple No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035736
Title:: Tipple No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1953/06/15

51. Tipple No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035735
Title:: Tipple No. 20, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1953/06/15

52. View of a Mine, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035734
Title:: View of a Mine, Island Creek Coal Company

53. View of a Mine, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035733
Title:: View of a Mine, Island Creek Coal Company

54. View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035732
Title:: View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

55. Back View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035731
Title:: Back View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

56. Mine Interior, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035730
Title:: Mine Interior, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

57. Mine Interior, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035729
Title:: Mine Interior, Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

58. View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035728
Title:: View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

59. View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035727
Title:: View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

60. View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035726
Title:: View of Mine No. 26, Island Creek Coal Company

61. Mine Interior, Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035725
Title:: Mine Interior, Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

62. Mine Interior, Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035724
Title:: Mine Interior, Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

63. Coal Conveyors, Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Creek

IDNO:: 035723
Title:: Coal Conveyors, Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Creek

64. Back View of Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035722
Title:: Back View of Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

65. Mine Machinery, Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035721
Title:: Mine Machinery, Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

66. Back View of Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035720
Title:: Back View of Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

67. Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035719
Title:: Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

68. View of Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035718
Title:: View of Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

69. View of Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035717
Title:: View of Mine No. 25, Island Creek Coal Company

70. Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035716
Title:: Coal Conveyor, Island Creek Coal Company

71. View of Mine, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035715
Title:: View of Mine, Island Creek Coal Company

72. View of Mine No. 6, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035714
Title:: View of Mine No. 6, Island Creek Coal Company

73. View of Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035713
Title:: View of Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

74. Mine Machinery, Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035710
Title:: Mine Machinery, Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

75. View Looking Down on Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035709
Title:: View Looking Down on Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

76. View of Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035708
Title:: View of Mine No. 24, Island Creek Coal Company

77. View of Tipple and Coal Cars, The Standard Pocahontas Coal Company

IDNO:: 035701
Title:: View of Tipple and Coal Cars, The Standard Pocahontas Coal Company

78. Tipple and Train with Coal Cars, The Standard Pocahontas Coal Company

IDNO:: 035700
Title:: Tipple and Train with Coal Cars, The Standard Pocahontas Coal Company

79. Mine Machinery

IDNO:: 035699
Title:: Mine Machinery

80. Tipple

IDNO:: 035698
Title:: Tipple

81. Mine Workers Posed in Front of Equipment

IDNO:: 035695
Title:: Mine Workers Posed in Front of Equipment

82. View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035693
Title:: View of Construction, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1947/01/10

On the front: "Built by Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation."On the back: "125'x 26'x6' 6" 40 barges. Woods Brothers Construction Company, Lincoln, Nebraska."

83. View of a Barge

IDNO:: 035692
Title:: View of a Barge
Description:: On the front: "Built by Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation."On the back: "125'x 26'x6' 6" 40 barges. Woods Brothers Construction Company, Lincoln, Nebraska."

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.

84. 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.

85. No. 24 Preparation Plant, Fine Coal Cleaning Plant, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035689
Title:: No. 24 Preparation Plant, Fine Coal Cleaning Plant, Island Creek Coal Company

Male workers are standing around examining machinery in this portrait.

86. No. 22 Planner, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035688
Title:: No. 22 Planner, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1953/06/26
Description:: Male workers are standing around examining machinery in this portrait.

87. No. 22 Planner, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035687
Title:: No. 22 Planner, Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: 1953/06/26

Section three of three. Please see 035684 (section one) and 035685 (section two).

88. Panoramic View of Tipple No. 2 and Surrounding Houses, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035686
Title:: Panoramic View of Tipple No. 2 and Surrounding Houses, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:: Section three of three. Please see 035684 (section one) and 035685 (section two).

Section two of three. Please see 035684 (section one) and 035686 (section three).

89. Panoramic View of Tipple No. 2 and Surrounding Houses, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035685
Title:: Panoramic View of Tipple No. 2 and Surrounding Houses, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:: Section two of three. Please see 035684 (section one) and 035686 (section three).

Section one of three. Please see 035685 (section two) and 035686 (section three).

90. Panoramic View of Tipple No. 2 and Surrounding Houses, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035684
Title:: Panoramic View of Tipple No. 2 and Surrounding Houses, Island Creek Coal Company
Description:: Section one of three. Please see 035685 (section two) and 035686 (section three).

91. No. 2 Tipple, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035683
Title:: No. 2 Tipple, Island Creek Coal Company

92. No. 1 Power Plant, Island Creek Coal Comapny

IDNO:: 035682
Title:: No. 1 Power Plant, Island Creek Coal Comapny

Mine workers are posed next to the loading boom.

93. 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.

94. No. 8 Train of 'Run of Mine', Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035680
Title:: No. 8 Train of 'Run of Mine', Island Creek Coal Company
Date:: undated

95. No. 6 Loading Lump Coal from Boom, Island Creek Coal Company

IDNO:: 035679
Title:: No. 6 Loading Lump Coal from Boom, Island Creek Coal Company

Mine workers are posed next to the dumping car.

96. 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.