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Paul Salstrom

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This interview is one of a series conducted concerning Lincoln County History. Woodrow Mosley was a coal miner for several decades, and he discusses: his personal background; his family (including a father who worked for the Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company in Kingston, West Virginia); his experiences coal mining and coal mining in general; life in a mining community; labor unions and a brief mention of some strikes; individuals such as Don Chafins, Cap Adkins, Charley Bates, Warney Chapman, & John Salstrom; mining methods, equipment, and procedures (including strip mining); livestock and farming; wells and well water; his retirement; road maintenance and building; gas lines; and other topics.

Publication Date

1988

Identifier

OH64-441

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Mosley, Woodrow W., 1913- -- Autobiography.
Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company -- Oral histories.
Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Coal miners -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Education -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.

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Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-441.

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Oral History Interview: Woodrow W. Mosley

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