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A Fairmont Coal Company operation showing the tipple connected to a preparation building with smokestacks.

3349. Monongah Mine No. 6, Marion County, W. Va.

IDNO:
003358
Title:
Monongah Mine No. 6, Marion County, W. Va.
Description:
A Fairmont Coal Company operation showing the tipple connected to a preparation building with smokestacks.
'The Gaston Gas Coal Company, Gaston Mine Plant. Located one half mile South of Hunsaker Bridge on West Fork River. Owned by James Otis Watson and successor to American Coal Company's mining plant, built in 1852 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot. This mine founded in 1875, closed in 1925. Picture shows 15 drop-bottom railroad cars called 'Hoppers.' These cars average 55 ton coal carrying capacity.'

3350. Miners at Gaston Mine Plant

IDNO:
003359
Title:
Miners at Gaston Mine Plant
Date:
undated
Description:
'The Gaston Gas Coal Company, Gaston Mine Plant. Located one half mile South of Hunsaker Bridge on West Fork River. Owned by James Otis Watson and successor to American Coal Company's mining plant, built in 1852 at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot. This mine founded in 1875, closed in 1925. Picture shows 15 drop-bottom railroad cars called 'Hoppers.' These cars average 55 ton coal carrying capacity.'
Tipple of a mine with houses for the miners located in the area behind the tipple.

3351. New River Coal Company Mine and Miner's Houses

IDNO:
003360
Title:
New River Coal Company Mine and Miner's Houses
Description:
Tipple of a mine with houses for the miners located in the area behind the tipple.

3352. Coal Preparation Plant in Despard, W. Va.

IDNO:
003361
Title:
Coal Preparation Plant in Despard, W. Va.
Scenic view of Consolidated Coal Company's Mine No. 32.

3353. Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
003362
Title:
Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Scenic view of Consolidated Coal Company's Mine No. 32.
The incline is 4360 feet long and has a vertical rise of 1335 feet. Six cars each carrying 4 tons each would be loaded each trip.

3354. Incline at Clover Splint Mine

IDNO:
003363
Title:
Incline at Clover Splint Mine
Date:
1952/05/02
Description:
The incline is 4360 feet long and has a vertical rise of 1335 feet. Six cars each carrying 4 tons each would be loaded each trip.
Scenic view of Mine No. 32 at Fairmont, W. Va.

3355. Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
003364
Title:
Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va.
Description:
Scenic view of Mine No. 32 at Fairmont, W. Va.
A few mine buildings and some houses.

3356. Coaling Station

IDNO:
003365
Title:
Coaling Station
Description:
A few mine buildings and some houses.
Conveyor belt in the middle of the mountains.

3357. Raw Coal Conveyor System

IDNO:
003366
Title:
Raw Coal Conveyor System
Description:
Conveyor belt in the middle of the mountains.
Scenic view of buildings and houses at Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va. 'Credit must be given. Not to be reproduced without written liscense from William Vandivert.'

3358. Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
003367
Title:
Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1947/07
Description:
Scenic view of buildings and houses at Mine No. 32, Fairmont, W. Va. 'Credit must be given. Not to be reproduced without written liscense from William Vandivert.'
Federal Mine No. 1 mine plant at Grant Town, W. Va.

3359. Federal Mine No. 1, Grant Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
003368
Title:
Federal Mine No. 1, Grant Town, W. Va.
Description:
Federal Mine No. 1 mine plant at Grant Town, W. Va.
Filled coal cars outside of the Preparation Plant.

3360. Champion No. 1 Preparation Plant

IDNO:
003369
Title:
Champion No. 1 Preparation Plant
Description:
Filled coal cars outside of the Preparation Plant.