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A man reading a statement from coal miners  in Kentucky pertaining to regulatory powers returning...

A man discussing coal mining regulations.

11/16/76, Viper, Kentucky. Bill Hayes (former Inspector for Dept. of Reclamation) discusses surfa...

A man talking about mining, broad form deeds, natural resources.

August 19, 1978. William Hayes (working for the US Dept. of the Interior) discusses mining and mo...

A man talking about strip mining, coal mining.

[Report II, Strip Mining]  Audio recording of Eugene F. Mooney (Secretary, Kentucky Dept. of Natu...

A man talking about the coal industry.

A man talking about deep mining vs. strip mining. Recording begins with production staff introduc...

A man talking about coal mining, the rise of strip mining industry, reclamation methods, deep min...

Richard Ison, No. 8 Limited of Virginia in Letcher County, discusses coal mining, changes in mini...

A group of people discussing an explosion in Scotia Mine in the Ovenfork Community of Letcher Cou...

This Armistice Day show includes several segments. "Wives and Widows" includes footage of veteran...

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

From the making of Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act Of Man

A press conference or commun...

Jim Stanley discusses the struggle to unionize the coal mines, gun thugs, safety conditions in mi...

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

Coal miner John Hinson of Brookside, KY discussing the inadequate medical care provided by compan...

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

Coal miner John Hinson discusses working in the mines, being a supervisor, tells stories about di...

Farmer Asher talking about coal mining, changes in the industry, miners' responsibility for accid...

Coal miner John Hinson is interviewed about life in coal camps, changes throughout time. Slightly...

Bessie Cornet describing the conditions at Brookside in the beginnings of the strike, discusses t...

Lois Scott talking about family politics, wages, coalmining, UMWA strikes, state police

Frank Cloud talking about conditions in the mines for men and animals, other mining issues.

John Carter discussing life in the mountains before the coal mines and railroads, mountaineers, l...

Coal miner John Carter discussing coal camps, coal mining, and the changes in community and econo...

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

Former coal operator W.P. Tams Jr. discussing the Virginian Railway, changes in the transportatio...

W.P. Tams Jr. (former coal operator) discussing his career as the owner of a mine, the cultural m...

Former coal operator W.P. Tams, Jr. discussing local history, land grants, the arrival of the rai...

Portrait of a coal miner which includes footage in and around Laurel Branch Mine in Virginia.  Fr...

A group of women talking about working in the mines, sex discrimination in the mines, hiring prac...

Barbara Angles of Westernport, Maryland, interviewed on March 5, 1981. Angles discusses community...

A woman talking about women coal miners, disadvantages for black miners and women miners.

An interview with a woman talking about coal mining, the advantages/disadvantages of mining, why ...