Mining Display
Introduction
Author-Uploaded Audio
Text-to-speech Audio
Images
Coal mining exhibit.
A fifteen year old “trapper boy” in a Harrison County mine. The boy’s job was to open and close a door for mine trains.
Williams Mine Consolidation Coal Company in Harrison County.
Money printed in Clarksburg in the early twentieth century and issued to coal miners.
A miner’s three-piece lunchbox.
Various miner’s hats. The far left hat was for a child.
Sources
Personal interview with Bill Hurst. Conducted by Iain MacKay. March 2nd, 2021.
Personal interview with Michael Spatafore, museum president. Conducted by Iain MacKay. March 2nd, 2021.
MacKay, Iain. 2021. Courtesy of author.
Hines, Lewis. “Coal Mine Trapper Boy, Harrison County W. Va.” 1908. West Virginia & Regional History Center. Accessed March 5th, 2021. https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/047037.
“Williams Mine Consolidation Coal Company, Harrison County, W. Va.” West Virginia & Regional History Center. Accessed March 5th, 2021. https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/047118.
MacKay, Iain. 2021. Courtesy of author.
MacKay, Iain. 2021. Courtesy of author.
MacKay, Iain. 2021. Courtesy of author.