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Title

View at mine entrance #8, Monongah Mine, near Fairmont, W.Va.

Authors

Files

Collection

0396: Carroll Family Papers

Institution

Marshall University Archives and Special Collections

Date

3-21-1905

Description

Postcard of view at mine entrance #8, Monongah Mine, near Fairmont, W.Va.,1907. No postmark, no addressee. The Monongah Mine Disaster was the worst mine disaster in the U.S., killing at least 353 miners. It occurred on Dec. 6, 1907. This postcard view is of mine No. 8, entrance No. 8, which was one of the two mines that exploded. Recent research has proposed that the number of casualties was higher than 353.

Format

Postcard

Place

Fairmont, WV

Subject

Subject Terms: Monongah Mine Disaster; Fairmont Coal Co.; Fairmont, W. Va.; Monongah Mine No. 8 ;Coal mining; Coal Mine accidents

Type

Still Image

Usage Rights

Copyright not evaluated.

Identifier

1984.06.0396.01.01.01

Recommended Citation

"View at mine entrance #8, Monongah Mine, near Fairmont, W.Va." (1905). 0396: Carroll Family Papers, 1867-1951. 1.
https://mds.marshall.edu/carroll_family_papers/1