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View showing split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway grade .5 mile south of Slab Fork.

1. Split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway Grade One Half Mile South of Slab Fork

IDNO:
001762
Title:
Split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway Grade One Half Mile South of Slab Fork
Description:
View showing split in Beckley Coal in Virginian Railway grade .5 mile south of Slab Fork.
Caption on back reads, 'No misfortune can come to the coal miner, or operator, that does not touch every man, woman and child in Beckley. So, this picture of Beckley's greatest disaster at the Eccles mine, April 28, 1914, in which 181 men lost their lives. The photo is believed to have been taken very quickly after the (first) explosion, since the gondolas have not beed dropped out from under the tipple and the West Virginia mine rescue car does not appear to have arrived.'

2. Disaster at the Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
002467
Title:
Disaster at the Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1914/04/28
Description:
Caption on back reads, 'No misfortune can come to the coal miner, or operator, that does not touch every man, woman and child in Beckley. So, this picture of Beckley's greatest disaster at the Eccles mine, April 28, 1914, in which 181 men lost their lives. The photo is believed to have been taken very quickly after the (first) explosion, since the gondolas have not beed dropped out from under the tipple and the West Virginia mine rescue car does not appear to have arrived.'

3. Explosion at Eccles No. 5 Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
002469
Title:
Explosion at Eccles No. 5 Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Crowds gather around the smoking buildings after an explosion at the Eccles mine.

4. Explosion at an Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
002481
Title:
Explosion at an Eccles Coal Mine in Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1926
Description:
Crowds gather around the smoking buildings after an explosion at the Eccles mine.

5. Hearses Await the Dead after the Eccles Mine Explosion on April 8, 1926

IDNO:
022235
Title:
Hearses Await the Dead after the Eccles Mine Explosion on April 8, 1926
Date:
1926
Joy Coal Saw used by C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

6. Joy Coal Saw

IDNO:
039001
Title:
Joy Coal Saw
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Joy Coal Saw used by C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.
Coal miners, inside the mine using the Jeffrey machine to cut coal.

7. Jeffrey Machine Cutting Coal, Mead - East Gulf Coal, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
039006
Title:
Jeffrey Machine Cutting Coal, Mead - East Gulf Coal, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Coal miners, inside the mine using the Jeffrey machine to cut coal.
Photograph postcard of the tracks and tipple of Mine # 2.

8. Mine Number 2, C.H. Mead Coal Company, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
039008
Title:
Mine Number 2, C.H. Mead Coal Company, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Photograph postcard of the tracks and tipple of Mine # 2.
W.W. Wood, General Manager of Mines 2 and 3 at C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

9. W.W. Wood

IDNO:
039010
Title:
W.W. Wood
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
W.W. Wood, General Manager of Mines 2 and 3 at C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.
Miner's houses rented by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

10. Miner's Houses, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039011
Title:
Miner's Houses, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Miner's houses rented by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.
Menzie coal washer used by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

11. Menzie Coal Washer

IDNO:
039012
Title:
Menzie Coal Washer
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Menzie coal washer used by the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.
William Yates, Superintendent of East Gulf Mine number 2 for the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.

12. William Yates

IDNO:
039013
Title:
William Yates
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
William Yates, Superintendent of East Gulf Mine number 2 for the C.H. Mead Coal Company in Beckley, West Virginia.