Nine men wearing safety helmets are sitting on two of three large barrels in front of the mine. On their left is a Western Railway car filled with coal. There is a coal cart at the mine entrance on the upper level.
Nine men wearing safety helmets are sitting on two of three large barrels in front of the mine. On their left is a Western Railway car filled with coal. There is a coal cart at the mine entrance on the upper level.
This photograph illustrates the hilly terrain found in the southern part of Iowa. Coal mines would operate on and within these slopes. This is a photograph of a coal mine slope in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1896.
This photograph illustrates the hilly terrain found in the southern part of Iowa. Coal mines would operate on and within these slopes. This is a photogrpah of a coal mine slope in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1896.
