McDowell County, WV Photo Album

Coal Mine Photos

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Here are some coal-mine related photos of McDowell County, contributed by researchers like you.

These visual "time capsules" help give some perspective to the lives and times of our McDowell County people and places. Many of these mines are disappearing--either being torn down or already torn down. If you have additional photos, or live near McDowell County and can take more photos, we would love to have them to share with our readers.

Note that we've tried to retain the same size as submitted, and that these photos may be rather large. In some instances, it may be necessary to reduce the size of the original. Please make sure photos shared are of a historical significance and are not protected by copyright.

Algoma Coal Company Gary Powerhouse, 1910 Algoma Coal Tipple Havaco Tipple Algoma Company Store Havaco Tipple (late 1950's) Algoma Tipple and Tracks Jed (1912) Arlington Coal and Coke Company Jed (1912) Asco Mine Jenkinjones #8 Coal Tipple (1930) Bartley Coal Miners Memorial Jenkinjones Company Store (1928) Bartley No. 1 Mine Tipple - 2001 Jenkinjones Company Store (1930) Beartown Mine Tipple Jenkinjones Company Store (2002) Berwind Tipple (1936) Jenkinjones Elementary School Bishop Mines -1 Jenkinjones Methodist Church Bishop Mines -2 Jenkinjones Payroll Office (1925-1930) Bishop Mines Bath House Jenkinjones Union Hall Blackwolf Coal Tipple Keystone No. 1 Preparation Plant Bradshaw Coal Company - 1930 Lake Superior Coal Company Bradshaw Coal Camp Lewis Camp Marker, Iaeger Bradshaw Coal Camp Tipple McDowell Coal Miners Memorial Broomfield Family at Mines Munson Coal Camp - 1949 Capels Mine Shaft Munson Company Store & Office Carswell Tipple, 1936 Munson Man Lift - 1949 Coalwood/Iaeger Company Scrip Munson Shops & Bath House Coalwood Mine Disaster Memorial State Marker Munson Timber Yard Eckman Munson Tipple - 1949 Elbert #7 Painting (1945) Munson Training Center Elbert Mine Tipple No. 7 War -- New Mines Dewey F. England - Capels Mine (1938) Norfolk & Western No. 1274 Filbert Coal Car Accident (1940's) Norfolk & Western Miners Gary #2 Mine Tipple Pond Creek Substation Gary #2 Mid 1970's Pond Creek Tipple/Mine No. 1 (1936) U. S. Coal & Coke Company Gary No.3 Clubhouse, about 1930 Pond Creek Coal Tipple No. 6 Gary #10 Coal Camp Warriormines, WV (1932) Gary No. 11, Mitchem family courtesy Buddy French Names on back of picture Gary No. 11, Mitchem family Gary No. 11 community at Thorpe, WV. street the hay ride was on Gary #12 Birth of a Coal Mine (1945) Gary #12 (1945) Unknown Miners' Photo Gary #12 Crew (1945) U.S.Steel's Mine Rescue Team - 1956 Gary #12 First Cut (1945) Rolf, WV Miners

 

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If you have photos you would like to contribute, please attach your .jpg files to this email or include the URL for your online photos.

 

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