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Coalminer C.K. Parker, His Wife and 14-Year-Old Daughter Outside Their Home at Claypool Hill near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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George King, Long Wall Section Foreman in Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #3 near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Picture of the Long Wall Miner with Jacks Holding Up the Ceiling to the Left and the Teeth of the Miner on the Right 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Harley Owens in Position as a Machine Operator on the End of the Long Wall Where the Coal Is Placed on a Conveyor Belt 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Veteran Miner Harold Stanley, Right, Talks to a Young Miner Who Has Come Into the Mine for the First Time after 40 Hours of Classroom Training 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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George Wilson in His Drift Mine (One That Is Cut Straight Into a Hill) near Wilder and Cookeville, Tennessee 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Flip Coop Store in Wilder near Cookeville, Tennessee, Was Started with Federal Office of Economic Opportunity Funds and Serves Mostly Old People in the Area. In the Background Is an Abandoned and Burned Out Coal Company Store 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Modern Television Studio Owned by the Island Creek Coal Company near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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A Member of the Island Creek Coal Company Training Staff at Its Facilities near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974
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Coke Furnaces at Keen Mountain, near Richlands, Virginia Made From Coal, the Coke Will Be Sent for Use in the Furnaces at Steel Mills. (This Is Not a Part of the Virginia-Pocahontas Operation.) 04/1974
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Thurston Strunk, Center, President of the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company with Headquarters near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Pulleys That Transport Coal From Below Ground to the Conveyor Belts Moving between the Storage Silo and the Cleaning Plant at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia. Once the Coal Reaches the Plant an Automated Control Room
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- Date taken: 1974
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Cleaning Trays and Screens in the Cleaning Plant of the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia the V-P Company Processes Metallurgical Coal Which Is Used in Making Steel 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Coal Tipple Holds the Mined Material after It Is Cleaned at the Virginia-Pocahontas Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974
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Miners Just Surfacing on the Mine Elevator at the Virginia-Pocahontas Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Man Operating a Continuous Miner in Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #3 near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Coke Furnaces at Keen Mountain, near Richlands, Virginia Made From Coal, the Coke Will Be Sent for Use in the Furnaces at the Steel Mills. (This Is Not a Part of the Virginia-Pocahontas Operation.) 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Large Fan Equipment Used to Blow Fresh Air Into Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #2 near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Coal Barge on the Kanawha River near Charleston, West Virginia. Great Amounts of Steam Coal Are Moved on Waterways in the United States Because the Cost Is Cheaper Than Using Other Forms of Transportation 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Closeup of a Railroad Engine and Coal Cars Loaded for Shipment to Customers at the Danville, West Virginia, near Charleston 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Trainman Heading for an Engine in the Rail Yards of Danville West Virginia, near Charleston. It Is One of the Largest Transshipment Points for Coal in the World. A Constant Stream of Rail Cars Is Moved in and Out of the Small Town 04/1974
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A Portion of the Rail Yards at Danville, West Virginia, near Charleston Loaded with Coal Cars Ready to Be Hauled to Customers in Various Parts of the Country...04/1974
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Ms. Gail Falk Seltzer, a Staff Lawyer for Field Services with the United Mine Workers of America, Work on Black Lung Benefits at the Headquarters in Charleston, West Virginia 04/1974
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Levi Danials Is Director of Field Services for the United Mine Workers of America at Their District Headquarters in Charleston West Virginia...04/1974
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View of the Main Highway Which Runs through the Unincorporated Town of Clothier, West Virginia, near Madison in Logan County...04/1974
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Closeup of Doren Bishop, Robin Mines Superintendent for the Alma Coal Corporation, Ponders the Work That Must Be Done to Start a New Mine near Clothier and Madison, West Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Coal Loader near Chattaroy in the Southwestern Part of West Virginia, near Williamson. This Type of Machine Is Used to Move Coal and in Cleanup Operations 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Children During Recess at the Chattaroy, West Virginia School 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Slag Heap on Buffalo Creek near Man and Logan, West Virginia. an Earthen Dam Gave Way on This Stream in the Early 1970's During a Rainstorm Creating a Tidal Wave of Flood Water Which Killed 104 People Living in the Valley Below 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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View of Miners' Homes in a Coal Company Town near Logan West Virginia. Next to the Railroad Tracks 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Children at Recess in Their Schoolyard at Chattaroy, West Virginia, near Williamson 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Robert Johnson, 18, Sits on a Pool Table in a Beer Joint in Clothier, West Virginia, near Madison. He Has Passed a Job Physical and Is Waiting to Go to Work in the Mines 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Robert Johnson, 18, and Lanny Green, 21, Outside a Beer Joint in Clothier, West Virginia, near Madison 04/1974
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Doren Bishop, Superintendent for Robin Mines Owned by the Alma Coal Corporation, Sits in a Beer Joint in Clothier, West Virginia near Madison. The Mines He Is Supervising Is Just Opening and Hasn't Begun to Produce Yet 04/1974
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Doren Bishop, Superintendent for Robin Mines Owned by the Alma Coal Corporation near Clothier and Madison, West Virginia Puts on Mining Coveralls Next to a Metal Culvert...04/1974
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Doren Bishop, Superintendent for Robin Mines Owned by the Alma Coal Corporation near Clothier and Madison, West Virginia Stands on the Road Which Was Made for the New Mine That Is Being Opened 04/1974
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Doren Bishop, Superintendent for Robin Mines Owned by the Alma Coal Corporation near Clothier and Madison, West Virginia Kneels Inside the Opening Which Recently Had Been Made 04/1974
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View of the Main Highway through Holden, West Virginia near Logan, Showing Homes of Mining Supervisors Framed by Pink Dogwood. The Town Has Sidewalks, a Feature Not Evident in Many of the Mining Communities 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Meeting of the Beckley (West Virginia) Black Lung Association, One of the Most Militant of the Groups Concerned with That Aspect of the Miners' Health 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Youngster Returning to School after Going Home During Recess to Get an Ice Cream Cone 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Alley Branch Road Which Leads to a New Coal Mine Site near Chattaroy and Williamson, West Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Paul Davis, 49, of Newton, West Virginia, near Charleston Seated in a Log Smokehouse He Has Under Construction. Suffering From Third Stage (Most Severe) Black Lung Symptoms 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Paul Bryant, 39, a Neighbor of Paul Davis in Newton, West Virginia, near Charleston 04/1974
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One of the Entrances to Chattaroy, West Virginia, near Williamson, Leads Past a Church of God 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Sign at the Entrance to Williamson, West Virginia, Proclaims the Town Is in the Heart of Coal Fields. Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions Service Club (Left to Right) Signs Note That Those Organizations Are Present, Working for Community Benefit...04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Aerial of Williamson, West Virginia, Showing the Coal Rail Yards and the River That Divides Kentucky at the Upper Left and West Virginia. The Town Has the Largest Coal Train Yard in the World, Followed by Danville, West Virginia 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Water Which Has Been Used in Cleaning Coal Is Then Placed in Settling Ponds. It Will Be Purified and Returned to the Stream From Which It Was Taken. This Pond Is near Williamson, West Virginia Which Has the Largest Train Coal Yard in the World 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Aerial of a Typical Mine in Southern West Virginia near Williamson...04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Slag Heap Above Housing on Buffalo Creek near Logan, West Virginia. Slag Heaps Are One of the Items Which Make Mining Families Mad. They Can Be Ignited by Spontaneous Combustion, Lightning, Fire Or Variety of Other Things, and Burn Indefinitely 04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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Aerial View of Mobile Homes Used by Families Whose Housing Was Wiped Out in the Early 1970's When an Earthen Dam Gave Way During a Rainstorm on Buffalo Creek and Created a Tidal Wave That Killed 104 People near Man and Logan, West Virginia...04/1974
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- Date taken: 1974
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