Photos of the lives and settings of West Virginia Coal Camps in the era following the Great Depression What life was like everyday for our parents grandparents and greatgrandparents A worked out coal mine near Pursglove mine No 4 camp in Scott s Run Monongalia County 9
2018118 ensp 0183 enspELKHORN COALFIELD The Elkhorn Coalfied is in western Pike County eastern Letcher County and southern Floyd County Along with the Harlan Coalfield and Hazard Coalfield it has been one of the most productive coalfields in Kentucky Mining centered around the renown Elkhorn No 3 seam of coal
2016118 ensp 0183 enspBimetallic Coal Company Scrip State Loion Company Alabama Bakers Creek Coal Mine Drifton US 10 Cent Trade Token from Bakers Creek Coal Mine of Drifton Alabama Image from Stamplarry aol This mine was in operation from 19111913 with 20 employees This is the only Token issued by this company Brilliant Wilson Bros amp Co Arkansas
201814 ensp 0183 enspA Abutment In coal mining 1 the weight of the rocks above a narrow roadway is transferred to the solid coal along the sides which act as abutments of the arch of strata spanning the roadway and 2 the weight of the rocks over a longwall face is transferred to the front abutment that is the solid coal ahead of the face and the back abutment that is the settled packs behind the face
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Abandoned Mine Lands Illinois Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation By 1977 over one million acres of land had been disturbed by coal mining in the United States having left thousands of open or inadequately sealed mine shafts and slopes mine gas leaks mine fires polluting refuse piles and spoil ridges as well as subsidence problems
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2010124 ensp 0183 enspHello My dad gave me a scrip from Red Ash KY Procter Coal Co It is a 1 00 piece that is a hexagon shape I cannot find much about this piece My family used to work in this coal mine and I have been trying to research anything I can about it If anyone has any tips for me I would greatly appreciate it Thanks Samantha
20191014 ensp 0183 enspA scrip or chit in India is any substitute for legal tender It is often a form of credit Scrips have been created for payment of employees under truck systems and for use in local commerce at times when regular currency was unavailable for example in remote coal towns military bases ships on long voyages or occupied countries in
quotMiners wives and children on the front porch of a typical fifty year old house Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company Belva Mine abandoned after explosion in Dec 1945 Four Mile Bell County Kentucky 09 04 1946 quot From the National Archives Records of the Solid Fuels Administration for War 19371948 Report of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry 19461947
Fact 4 Scrip became common in remote areas with large employers like coal towns because US coin and currency wasn t easily accessible there Fact 5 Coal companies fishing and fruit canneries logging companies paper mills and railroads all made extensive use of scrip currency