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