West Virginia Coal Miner
Photo Title
West Virginia Coal Miner
Photographer/Creator
Eddie Adams
Publisher
Associated Press
Caption/Description
Buck Thorn's coal mine, small and hardly profitable, nevertheless gives work to eight men. The blackness gets tolerable in time. And even if a man couldn't bear it, what else could he do? Where else in the hills of West Virginia, in this depleted worn-out place, can a man go into darkness and come out eight hours later, $15.20 richer?
Citation
Eddie Adams, "West Virginia Coal Miner," in POYi Archive, Item #6617, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/6617 (accessed November 23, 2024).