Coal Miners and Coal Camps

Exhibit Sections

• Introduction »
• Williamson, West Virginia
• Group of coal miners
• Miner at Freeze Fork
• Freeze Fork miner
• Boarded-up homes in abandoned mining town, Twin Branch
• Miners turning in lamps after getting out of cage
• Coal miners waiting for next shift, Capels
• Coal miners waiting along road for bus to take them home, Welch
• Miner waiting for ride home, Capels
• Coal miner waiting for lift home, Capels
• Company store, coal mining town
• Miner and wife going home with provisions, Capels
• Miner taking home provisions, Capels
• Coal miners going home
• Wives of coal miners talking over the fence, Capels
• Miners’ wives coming home from town with groceries on payday
• Polish coal miner, Capels.
• Russian miner, Capels.
• Family homes, Capels
• Miners’ homes by slate and slag heap, Capels