Coal miners

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Employment by coal miners depicted in paintings

Virginia Coal Miners

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This image is public domain This is a film scan from a copy negative that is part of my historical archive of Utah and Colorado mining images. The boy worked the mines. Children were cheap labor in the mines. He never worked that pick drill and the pipe wasn't likely his either but the rest of his stuff was real. He spent ten hours a day in that get up with only the light from that tallow wick lamp. He cleaned and played the part of a canary (kids were easier to replace than good miners). He…

This man works tirelessly in the mine to provide for his family. He's all dirty mining coal. Sweat flows from him, and his face looks tired.