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A man talking about an explosion or mine accident and how workers are fixing the problem, rescue ...

Footage inside coal mine with machine noise, discussion of fossils

Miners working in an underground mine. A miner discusses fossils as an indication of "bad top."

Underground Miner materials
Footage inside coal mine, discussion of city people, dangers of mining

Miners working inside a mine, production staff asks questions about roof bolts, mine safety, city...

Underground Miner materials
Footage inside coal mine, discussion of jokes, animals

Coal miners working underground, discuss jokes, working underground, animals in mines, dangers of...

Underground Miner materials
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A man discussing his career as coal miner, harassment and safety in mines, his observations the d...

The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man materials, c.1975
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Farmer Asher talking about coal mining, changes in the industry, miners' responsibility for accid...

Coal Camp materials; Field audio recordings - Coal Camp
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Frank Cloud talking about conditions in the mines for men and animals, other mining issues.

Coal Camp materials
Interview with Hazel Dickens about Baltimore, Harlan County USA

Hazel Dickens discussing her life in Baltimore, mine safety, Harlan County USA, working in a fact...

Hazel Dickens: It's Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song materials, c.2001
Interview with Jerry Johnson about electricity, Happy Pappies

Coal miner Jerry Johnson discusses electricity, carrying water from the spring/creek, washing mac...

Underground Miner materials
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John Hinson [Henson?] discusses working, living in a coal camp, law enforcement, George Titler, p...

Coal Camp materials
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Coal miner John Hinson (Brookside, KY) discussing fighting, corruption, labor union safety commit...

Coal Camp materials
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Coal miner John Hinson discussing working in the mines, various instances of the danger of mine w...

Coal Camp materials
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John Tiller discussing working in coal mines. A group of men discuss dangers of coal mining and h...

Coal Camp materials
Interview with Kermit Phillips about coal mine safety, unequal society

Union miner Kermit Phillips discusses how he started working in the mines, how he became a union ...

Underground Miner materials
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Mrs. Blakley discusses about how word of a mine accident spread in the coal camp, a mine fire tha...

Coal Camp materials; Field audio recordings - Coal Camp
Interview with Nomonde Ngubo about coal mining in US vs. South Africa

Raw footage from the filming of Mine War on Blackberry Creek (1986). Anne Lewis interviews Nomond...

Mine War on Blackberry Creek materials, c.1986
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A group of people discussing an explosion in Scotia Mine in the Ovenfork Community of Letcher Cou...

Post Flood Digitization
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March 1976 - Press conference in the aftermath of the first of two methane explosions in the Scot...

Three men pose in front of truck with "danger" sign

Three men, one in work coveralls and two others in button down shirts and slacks, stand in front ...

William R. "Pictureman" Mullins photography Collection, c. 1935 - 1955
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A man speaking at a press conference about a mine accident, Westmoreland Coal Company Ferrell No....

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A man answering questions about a possible mine explosion. 

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A man talking about a mine explosion, speaking with a man from Benham [IH Mine Rescue Team ?], on...

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