![[Hauls scraper and loads coal] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvaGF1bHMtc2NyYXBlci1hbmQtbG9hZHMtY29hbC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Hauls scraper and loads coal] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.")
[Hauls scraper and loads coal] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
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Holding the door open while a trip? goes through. Willie Bryden, a nip...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1922. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1212. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Cong... More
Eska Coal Mine, Faquhar Drive Unit, Wishbone Hill, Sutton, Matanuska-S...
Significance: The Farquhar belt drive unit operated the fan unit that provided ventilation for the Eska Coal Mine. It is currently an exhibit at the Sutton Outdoor Mining Museum in Sutton, Alaska. Survey numb... More
Rolapp Mine, Lamphouse, Price Canyon (mouth of Bear Canyon), Helper, C...
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A Tipple. Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia.
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Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...
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Hortense Bridge, Spanning Chalk Creek on State Highway 162, Nathrop (h...
Significance: The bridge is technologically significant as a rare existing example of a very common early bridge, a timber/iron Queenpost truss. It is historically significant as an early span associated with a... More
Smith Mine, Bear Creek 1.5 miles West of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge...
Significance: In 1943 an explosion inside the Smith mine resulted in the death of 74 men making the mine the tragic site of the worst coal mine disaster in Montana history. The mine is also significant as one o... More
A view of the Pennsylvania Breaker. The dust was so dense at times as ...
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Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 10 West, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Inclined Plane known as 10 West of the Morris Canal is one of the few remaining salvageable planes of the system. The Morris Canal was the first to utilize this system of canal navigation in ... More
Foster Gulch Mine, Bear Creek 1 mile Southwest of Town of Bear Creek, ...
Significance: The mines were part of the Montana Coal and Iron Company operations. The underground workings were connected to the Smith No. 3 mine where 74 men died in Montana's worst coal mine disaster in 1943... More
Jones Mine, Scofield, Carbon County, UT
Significance: The Jones Mine is significant as part of the mining district around Scofield. It may have importance as an example of the truck and wagon mines of the first half of the 20th century. Survey numb... More
Buffalo Coal Mine, Vulcan Cable Hoist, Wishbone Hill, Southeast end, n...
Significance: During the 1940s, the hoist was used as part of the operations of the Buffalo Coal Mine site. It was later removed and transported to the Sutton Outdoor Mining Museum. Survey number: HAER AK-2... More
![Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvaG9sZGluZy10aGUtZG9vci1vcGVuLXdoaWxlLWEtdHJpcC1nb2VzLXRocm91Z2gtd2lsbGllLWJyeWRlbi1hLW5pcHBlci0xNjQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.")
Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a n...
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![Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvaG9sZGluZy10aGUtZG9vci1vcGVuLXdoaWxlLWEtdHJpcC1nb2VzLXRocm91Z2gtd2lsbGllLWJyeWRlbi1hLW5pcHBlci0xNjQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.")
Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a n...
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Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA
See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More
Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser ...
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Rains Mine, Bathhouse, Old Rains Townsite, Spring Canyon, Standardvill...
Significance: The Rains Bathhouse is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century coal mining in Utah and the western United Sta... More
Rains Mine, Bathhouse, Old Rains Townsite, Spring Canyon, Standardvill...
Significance: The Rains Bathhouse is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century coal mining in Utah and the western United Sta... More
Winter Quarters Mine, Scofield, Carbon County, UT
Significance: The mine is significant as possibly the first coal mine in Utah. The May Day disaster of 1900 killed 200 miners and prompted the development of organized labor in Utah. Survey number: HAER UT-44... More
Asa Packer Mansion, Packer Hill, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA
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Asa Packer Mansion, Packer Hill, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA
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![A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYS1sb25lbHktam9iLXdhaXRpbmctYWxsLWFsb25lLWluLXRoZS1kYXJrLWZvci1hLXRyaXAtdG8tY29tZS10aHJvdWdoLWl0LXdhcy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.")
A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...
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![Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Tatarinovskaia kamenno-ugol'naia kop'. Chimkendskago uiezda. Otkatka kamennago uglia iz podzemnykh vyrobotok [sic]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvc3lyLWRhcmluc2thaWEtb2JsYXN0LXRhdGFyaW5vdnNrYWlhLWthbWVubm8tdWdvbG5haWEta29wLWNoaW1rZW5kc2thZ28tdWllemRhLWIyNmQxNy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Tatarinovskaia kamenno-ugol'naia kop'. Chimkendskago uiezda. Otkatka kamennago uglia iz podzemnykh vyrobotok [sic]")
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Tatarinovskaia kamenno-ugol'naia kop'. Chimke...
Photograph shows coal being hauled from a coal mine in the Syr Darya oblast. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovaia, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 19.
![At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in aPennsylvania Coal Mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur's right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5000 Ft. down. Location: [South Pittston?], Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYXQtdGhlLWNsb3NlLW9mLXRoZS1kYXktanVzdC11cC1mcm9tLXRoZS1zaGFmdC1hbGwtd29yay1iZWxvdy1ncm91bmQtaW4tYXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in aPennsylvania Coal Mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur's right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5000 Ft. down. Location: [South Pittston?], Pennsylvania.")
At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground...
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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...
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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...
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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...
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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...
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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...
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Miner picking coal. Out of narrow seam (5.5 ft.) Makes $2 $9.00 a day ...
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Liberty Fuel Company, Mine Office, Old Latuda Townsite, Spring Canyon,...
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Liberty Fuel Company, Mine Office, Old Latuda Townsite, Spring Canyon,...
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A young leader and a driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Pasq...
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Pier No. 6, Erie Lackawanna R...
Significance: The remains of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Pier No. 6: Grain Trestle are significant because of the information they provide about grain and coal loading techniques of a major ra... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Pier No. 6, Erie Lackawanna R...
Significance: The remains of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Pier No. 6: Grain Trestle are significant because of the information they provide about grain and coal loading techniques of a major ra... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Pier No. 6, Erie Lackawanna R...
Significance: The remains of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Pier No. 6: Grain Trestle are significant because of the information they provide about grain and coal loading techniques of a major ra... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...
Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More
Locust Summit Central Breaker, State Route 2033, 1500 feet north of in...
Significance: The Locust Summit Central Breaker is an example of a highly intact breaker complex, significant for its history and technology. The Locust Summit Central Breaker is illustrative of attempts by co... More
Independent Coal & Coke Company, Kenilworth, Carbon County, UT
Significance: The opening of the Kenilworth Mine in 1907 marked the beginning of the second phase of development in Utah's coal industry. The first phase was marked by a complete monopoly of the railroads over... More
Independent Coal & Coke Company, Kenilworth, Carbon County, UT
Significance: The opening of the Kenilworth Mine in 1907 marked the beginning of the second phase of development in Utah's coal industry. The first phase was marked by a complete monopoly of the railroads over... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia
Significance: "The camp was beautiful when I came here, all painted and new." Mrs. Lillie Mae Phillips, upon her arrival in 1919. Trammel Mining Camp was established in 1917, one of many such settlements crea... More
Trammel Middle Camp, Trammel, Dickenson County, Virginia
Significance: "The camp was beautiful when I came here, all painted and new." Mrs. Lillie Mae Phillips, upon her arrival in 1919. Trammel Mining Camp was established in 1917, one of many such settlements crea... More
Coal breaker boys - Public domain portrait photograph
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Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania, shaft house
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011588. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
President Thomas's little joke / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with at center a group of six men, among them John D. Rockefeller and E.B. Thomas, warming themselves by a stove labeled "Standard Oil"; the vignette at bottom left shows A... More
A tipple, Gaston mine. Location: Fairmont, West Virginia
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 181. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More
Empire Coal & Coke Company, tipple and loading booms, Landgraff, West ...
Three coal cars being loaded by tipple and loading booms. U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps photo. Jeffrey, no. 3234-C.
Foster Gulch Mine, Boiler Housing, Bear Creek 1 mile Southwest of Town...
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Eska Coal Mine, Roof Parts, Wishbone Hill, Sutton, Matanuska-Susitna B...
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Harry and Sallie. Driver in Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Gr...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 156. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More
Lombard Coke Ovens, North Bank of Missouri River near Toston Dam Reser...
Significance: the site represents a specific stage of technology development in the coking coal industry. The relationship of the structures and features at the site reflect the technology and methods used at a... More
Eska Coal Mine, Faquhar Drive Unit, Wishbone Hill, Sutton, Matanuska-S...
Significance: The Farquhar belt drive unit operated the fan unit that provided ventilation for the Eska Coal Mine. It is currently an exhibit at the Sutton Outdoor Mining Museum in Sutton, Alaska. Survey numb... More
Tower Hill No. 2 Mine, Approximately 0.47 mile Southwest of intersecti...
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Smith Mine, Bear Creek 1.5 miles West of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge...
Significance: In 1943 an explosion inside the Smith mine resulted in the death of 74 men making the mine the tragic site of the worst coal mine disaster in Montana history. The mine is also significant as one o... More
Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 10 West, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Inclined Plane known as 10 West of the Morris Canal is one of the few remaining salvageable planes of the system. The Morris Canal was the first to utilize this system of canal navigation in ... More
Morris Canal, Inclined Plane 10 West, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Inclined Plane known as 10 West of the Morris Canal is one of the few remaining salvageable planes of the system. The Morris Canal was the first to utilize this system of canal navigation in ... More
Jones Mine, Scofield, Carbon County, UT
Significance: The Jones Mine is significant as part of the mining district around Scofield. It may have importance as an example of the truck and wagon mines of the first half of the 20th century. Survey numb... More
Rolapp Mine, Tramway, Price Canyon (mouth of Bear Canyon), Helper, Car...
Significance: The tramway is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century coal mining in Utah and the western United States. It... More
Row of Coal miners shanties on Elk River at Bream, West Virginia. Loc...
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Good-bye to the colliery - Drawing. Public domain image.
"Goodbye to the miners, chapt. 20 & last" verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Derrick Sterling" by Kirk Munroe, Harper's young people... More
Bank Boss, Turkey Knob Mine, Macdonald, West Virginia., and a great fa...
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Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA
See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More
Mule power and motor power. A Young Driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coa...
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Rains Mine, Bathhouse, Old Rains Townsite, Spring Canyon, Standardvill...
Significance: The Rains Bathhouse is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century coal mining in Utah and the western United Sta... More
Winter Quarters Mine, Scofield, Carbon County, UT
Significance: The mine is significant as possibly the first coal mine in Utah. The May Day disaster of 1900 killed 200 miners and prompted the development of organized labor in Utah. Survey number: HAER UT-44... More
Morris Canal, Delaware River Portal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Delaware River Portal is the western terminus of the Morris Canal. The canal is one of the few amphibious waterways in America. The river portal was the starting point for coal laden barges ... More
Delaware & Raritan Canal, Ten Mile Run Culvert, 1.5 miles South of Bla...
Significance: The Ten Mile Run Culvert is an integral part of the Delaware & Raritan Canal's (hereafter D&R Canal) early nineteenth-century engineering design. The culvert's original construction remains large... More
Delaware & Raritan Canal, Ten Mile Run Culvert, 1.5 miles South of Bla...
Significance: The Ten Mile Run Culvert is an integral part of the Delaware & Raritan Canal's (hereafter D&R Canal) early nineteenth-century engineering design. The culvert's original construction remains large... More
Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser ...
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![At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in aPennsylvania Coal Mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur's right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5000 Ft. down. Location: [South Pittston?], Pennsylvania.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYXQtdGhlLWNsb3NlLW9mLXRoZS1kYXktanVzdC11cC1mcm9tLXRoZS1zaGFmdC1hbGwtd29yay1iZWxvdy1ncm91bmQtaW4tYXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in aPennsylvania Coal Mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur's right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5000 Ft. down. Location: [South Pittston?], Pennsylvania.")
At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground...
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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...
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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...
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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...
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Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware Aqueduct, Spanning Delaware River, L...
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Harry and Sallie. Driver in Maryland Coal Co. Mine, near Sand Lick, Gr...
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Shoaf Mine & Coke Works, East side of Shoaf, off Township Route 472, S...
See also HAER PA-283 for additional documentation. Includes drawings (sheets 5 & 6) & written data (pages 172 through 180). Significance: The Shoaf coke works is the most intact beehive-oven coke plant in Fayet... More