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Coal mining - Scrip.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Leevale Collieries Scrip

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3603
Overview

Twenty-seven (27) pieces of coin scrip from the Leevale Collieries of Leevale, West Virginia, undated.

Dates: n.d.

Major W. P. Tams, Jr. Transcript of an Interview

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2584
Overview Transcript of an interview by Richard Hadsell with Major W.P. Tams, Jr., former mine operator in the Winding Gulf coal mining region. Tams discusses his early days in coal mining, the opening of the Kanawha coal region, and coal operators and union officials such as: E.J. Berwind, Joe Beury, George Collins, Jarius Collins, Justus Collins, John J. Cornwell, Samuel Dixon, Elias Hatfield, Troy Hatfield, Isaac Mann, S.T. Patterson, J.A. Renahan, James O. Watts, and George Wolfe. Other...
Dates: 1825-1934