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Collection contains photographs and postcards of coal mine and mining, including equipment and machinery, a mining town, strip mining, mine fires, trucks and the first "flash light" photograph taken in a mine.
- Coal-mining machinery -- Photographs
The collection contains 18 cyanotype photographs taken along...
- Coal-mining machinery -- Photographs
These historic photographs chronicle every aspect of coal mining in Ohio for more than a century and picture the miners at their daily labor and in many other aspects of their lives. Miners waiting to start the afternoon shift at the Hanna Coal Company Piney Fork No. 1 mine in 1943.
Over 200 historic photographs, drawings, and maps, spanning a period of more than 130 years, complement the descriptions of miners, mines and mine buildings, mine animals, mining equipment, modes of transportation, and the perils of mining. An appendix lists annual Ohio coal production by county for the years 1800 - 1993.
For a wonderful illustrated history of the Ohio Coal Industry, contact the Division of Geological Survey, 614-265-6576 to order a copy of Douglas L. Crowell's "History of Coal Mining" book.
The collection contains 18 cyanotype photographs taken along an unidentified rail line most likely in Perry County, Ohio. Most of the images document the landscape between railroad stations and trestles identified by numbers.
Our non-profit education museum is dedicated to the preservation of the rich mining heritage of Harrison County, Ohio. We invite you to visit the only comprehensive look at both early day and modern mining to be found in Southeastern Ohio -
The first reported commercial mining of coal in Ohio was in 1800 in Jefferson County, with just 100 tons being produced. Since 1800, 3.7 billion tons of coal have been mined in Ohio, 2.3 billion tons from underground mines and 1.4 billion tons from surface mines.
