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• Miners Line Up to Go Into the Elevator Shaft at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974

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  • 1 comment
  • 59 favorites
  • 81,883 views
  • Date taken: 1974-04
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
  • Tags: usnationalarchives, environmentalprotectionagency, documerica, nara:arcid=556338, mine, miners, elevator, elevatorshaft, virginia, coal, pocahontascoalcompany
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• Coal City Club in Coal City, West Virginia, a Part of Beckley All of the Men Are Coal Miners 06/1974

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  • 3 comments
  • 38 favorites
  • 76,080 views
  • Date taken: 1974-06
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
  • Tags: usnationalarchives, environmentalprotectionagency, documerica, nara:arcid=556612, rccola, cocacola, millerbeer, westvirginia, coal, coalcity, club, mine, miners, coalminer, coalcityclub, porch, royalcrowncola, thebellsystem
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• Scotts' Run, West Virginia. Miner's child digging coal from mine refuse (Mexican). Bertha Hollow, 1936

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  • 15 favorites
  • 27,111 views
  • Date taken: 1936
  • Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
  • Tags: nara:arcid=518361, usnationalarchives, lewishine, greatdepression, scottsrunwestviriginia, westvirginia, miners, coal, mine, coalminers, berthahollow, 1936, child
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• Two Miners Relaxing in a Beer Joint after Finishing Their Shift 06/1974

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  • 38 favorites
  • 26,176 views
  • Date taken: 1974
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
  • Tags: usnationalarchives, environmentalprotectionagency, documerica, men, two, cigarette, moustache, mustache, tousled, 1974, 1970s, westvirginia, miners, coalminers, nara:arcid=556552, movember
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• Scott's Run, West Virginia. Unemployed man attending meeting of the Workers Alliance Council, 1936

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  • 19 favorites
  • 24,439 views
  • Date taken: 1936
  • Date uploaded: 2012-07-03
  • Tags: nara:arcid=518362, usnationalarchives, lewishine, scottsrunwestvirginia, westviriginia, greatdepression, workersalliancecouncil, 1936, unemployed, miners, shackcommunitycenter, unemployedcouncil
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• Ludlow tent colony fire

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  • 1 comment
  • 12 favorites
  • 23,110 views
  • Date taken: 1916
  • Date uploaded: 2013-12-03
  • Tags: usnationalarchives, recordsofrights, nara:arcid=533852, livingconditions, housing, unitedmineworkersofamerica, strike, massacre, coal, miners, historiclandmark
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• Linda King Finds Working as a Roof Bolter's Helper at the Bullitt Mine in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, More Challenging and Better Paying Than Her Previous Job in a Garment Factory

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  • 29 favorites
  • 21,948 views
  • Date taken: 1979
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-09
  • Tags: labor, usnationalarchives, nara:arcid=539990, lindaking, women, miners, mine, virginia, factories, roofboltershelper, bullittmine, bigstonegapvirginia, bigstonegap, femaleworkers, garmentfactoryworkers, womenworkers, womenmineworkers
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• Lilly Mae Sheets, Fireco, West Virginia, near Beckley, Stands Outside Her Raleigh County Home. Her Husband Was Hurt by a Roof Fall in the Mines in November, 1973, and Did Not Receive Workman's Compensation until March, 1974 05/1974

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  • 5 comments
  • 7 favorites
  • 16,465 views
  • Date taken: 1974
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-10
  • Tags: usnationalarchives, environmentalprotectionagency, documerica, nara:arcid=556487, 1973, 1974, 111973, 051974, miners, injuries, fireco, beckley, lillymaesheets, workerscompensation, mineinjuries, november1973, march1974, firecowestvirginia, westvirginia, labor, raleighcounty
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• Kitchen in Home of Charles B. Lewis, Miner, Who Lives in Company Housing Project

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  • 7 favorites
  • 15,526 views
  • Date taken: 1946-07-10 13:28:21
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-09
  • Tags: labor, usnationalarchives, nara:arcid=540580, housingproject, 1946, kitchen, companyhousing, winton, wyoming, mines, coal, children, homes, coalminers, miningtowns, charlesblewis, miners, unionpacificcoalcompany, wintonmine, wintonsweetwatercountywyoming, bitumiouscoalindustry
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• J. M. Hawkins, Former Pharmacist's Mate in the U.S. Navy and William Smith, Former Marine, Read Notice on the Bulletin Board at the Mine

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  • 8 favorites
  • 12,056 views
  • Date taken: 1946-07-09 13:28:33
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-09
  • Tags: labor, usnationalarchives, nara:arcid=540561, coalmines, mineralresources, 1946, jmhawkins, veterans, usn, mines, coal, coalminers, miners, usnavyveteran, williamsmith, usmc, marinecorpsveteran, unionpacificcoalcompany, reliancemine, reliance, wyoming, reliancesweetwatercountywyoming, union, unionbulletins
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• This Girl, by Means of Push Buttons, Controls Loading of Coal Into Cars

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  • 4 favorites
  • 10,858 views
  • Date taken: 1946-07-10 13:28:01
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-09
  • Tags: labor, usnationalarchives, nara:arcid=540582, coalmines, coal, mines, womenworkers, womencoalminers, coalminers, miners, unionpacificcoalcompany, stansburymine, rockspringssweetwatercountywyoming, wyoming
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• Miners Changing Clothes in Wash and Change House

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  • 6 favorites
  • 10,477 views
  • Date taken: 1946-07-09 13:28:43
  • Date uploaded: 2009-09-09
  • Tags: labor, usnationalarchives, nara:arcid=540555, coalmines, mineralresources, coal, mines, miners, reliance, wyoming, coalminers, unionpacificcoalcompany, reliancemine, reliancesweetwatercountywyoming, washandchangehouse, coalminer, hardhat
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