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…
Rails & ties that were used in the mining process at the Shuler Coal Mine in Waukee, Iowa are pictured in the foreground. In the background is the tipple, which is the elevator that lifted the coal from the underground mine. Barely visible in the…
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.
