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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.

Ground view of the tipple structure.

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

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.

Looking down the tracks that lead to the tipple.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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