Monongah (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
J. Davitt McAteer, Collector, Records Regarding Monongah Mine Disaster
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3574
Overview
Letter, two photographs, and six coal mine maps and post-disaster report related to the Monongah mine disaster. 1) The letter is dated December 6, 1907; it was authored by "Emmett" (Lester Emmitt Trader) of Monongah, West Virginia to Ernest M. Trader of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The letter discusses the use of "certificates" as money in Monongah, references the recent Naomi mine (Fayette County, Pennsylvania) disaster of December 1, compares the conditions of the Naomi Mine to those of the...
Dates:
1907-1909; Majority of material found within 1907