Authors

Martin A. Perry

Interviewer

Louis D. Gargarello

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This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia coal mining. Mr. Perry has worked in the Monogalia County, West Virginia, coal mines since he was eighteen years old. He is a coal mine section boss at Osage Mine No. 3 of the Consolidated Coal Company. This interview is concerned primarily with conditions which miners encountered in early West Virginia mines. Mr. Perry describes technical aspects of mining in the 1930's as compared with today. At the time of the interview, Mr. Perry was living in Westover, West Virginia.

Publication Date

1973

Identifier

OH64-51

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Perry, Martin A., 1914- -- Autobiography.
Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Coal miners -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Monogalia County (W. Va.) -- History.
Canning and preserving -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-51.

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Oral History Interview: Martin A. Perry

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