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

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

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

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

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

A man discussing children these days, mining, Brookside, advantages of physical work. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Jerry Johnson discussing his early childhood in Harlan County, living in Chevrolet, coal mining, ...

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

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

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

Bulldozers and machinery working outside a mine. Miners discuss working in the mines, eat their l...

January 15, 1987 - Miners entering and working in an underground mine, filmed by Anne Lewis and A...

Group of miners working in an underground mine, discussing what it's like to work in the mine

Miners working in an underground mine. 

Miners working in a underground mine, men discuss working in the mines.

Miners shoveling coal off belt. Men set a crib to hold the top up.

Miners discussing coal mining culture, life as a coal miner, hazards of working underground, the ...

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

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

Miners working underground, machines whirring in background, continuous miner. Man talks to produ...

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

Miners working in a underground mine, men discuss why they decided to be miners, working in the m...