Miners Line Up to Go Into the Elevator Shaft
4/1974
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Original caption states: "Miners line up to go into the elevator shaft at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia. The man at the right wears a red hat which means he is a new miner and has worked below less than a month. His belt also shows less wear than the others. The miner at the left carries Red Man chewing tobacco, used by many of the men because they cannot smoke in the mines. They also prefer to carry their own water rather than use what the company provides."
This primary source comes from the Records of the Environmental Protection Agency.
National Archives Identifier: 556338
Full Citation: 412-DA-13886; Miners Line Up to Go Into the Elevator Shaft; 4/1974; DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972–1977; Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, Record Group 412; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/miners-line-up-elevator-shaft, December 8, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
