Shale pile in back –changing house left front, shower house in back, on left front boiler room – pit car on far right (for hauling coal within the mine) Taken in the early 1940's
This view of Shuler coal mine has the explosives storage and machine repair building in the front center of the photograph. The mining shells were loaded through the visible front facing doors.
Pictured Left to Right: Joseph W. Johnson Jr. on Horse, Joseph W. Johnson Sr., Shuler Mine Superintendent with theodolite, unknown man holding Survey pole.
There were two basic home designs in the mining camps: a four-room house, and a five-room house. There was no indoor plumbing, and one small coal stove provided heat for warmth and cooking. Women Pictured Left to Right: Anita Fiori,unknown, Maria…
Waukee Mine School opened in January, 1926. The School had 2 classrooms. Stoves heated the rooms, stoked with corn cobs soaked in kerosene. Photo of mine school, with teacher, Haze Oliver.
