coalminer

21 photos tagged coalminer, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1946

1974

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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 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Miner Wayne Gipson, 39, with His Daughter Tabitha, 3. 12/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Members of the Beth Elkhorn Coal Company Begin Donning Their Equipment to Prepare for the Kentucky State Mine Safety Contest at Benham, near Cumberland 10/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Closeup of a Member of the Peabody Coal Company Team That Is Competing in the Kentucky State Mine Safety Contest at Benham near Cumberland 10/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Wilson Day of Whitesville, Kentucky, a Miner Who Is a Member of the Safety Team From the Beth Elkhorn Coal Company, Adjusts a Gas Mask Back Pack 10/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner From Rhodell, West Virginia near Beckley, with His Wife, Della Mae 06/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Russell Ramser Waits His Turn on the Treadmill at the Black Lung Laboratory at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley West Virginia 06/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Closeup of Jack Smith, 42, Disabled Miner From Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley, with Three of His Four Daughters from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner in Rhodell, West Virginia, Is Wheeled Down the Street by His Daughter, Donna, 16, to the Beer Joint He Operates 06/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Jack Smith, 42, a Disabled Miner Who Lives in Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley 06/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Jack Smith, 42, Left, Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley, Was a Miner Disabled When a Roof Caved in Who Had to Wait 18 Years to Get Workman's Compensation 04/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Raleigh Worley, a Section Foreman with Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Miners Waiting to Start Their 4 P.M. to Midnight Shift at Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company #4 near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Miners Waiting to Start Their 4 P.M. to Midnight Shift at Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia 04/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
Miners at Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 Are Searched for Smoking Materials Prior to Taking the Elevator Into the Mine for the 4 P.M. to Midnight Shift 04/1974 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009

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Jack Smith, 42, Left, Rhodell, West Virginia, near Beckley, Was a Miner Disabled When a Roof Caved in Who Had to Wait 18 Years to Get Workman's Compensation 04/1974

from U.S. National Archives

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Disability History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Coal City Club in Coal City, West Virginia, a Part of Beckley All of the Men Are Coal Miners 06/1974

from U.S. National Archives

Peter D. Tillman said:
Heh. Added to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_City,_West_Virginia Thanks for posting these!
USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency said:
Inspired to see what Coal City looks like today? Grab your camera and join in with the current project inspired by these Documerica photographs! Learn more and follow State of the Environment @ blog.epa.gov/epplocations/2012/01/23/documerica-location-...
Steve said:
The ground is lava.

Miner Wayne Gipson, 39, with His Daughter Tabitha, 3. 12/1974

from U.S. National Archives

Robert Carrier said:
Incredible portrait.