West Virginia Coal Miner



Photo Title

West Virginia Coal Miner

Photographer/Creator

Eddie Adams

Collection

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 #6619, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/6619 (accessed November 23, 2024).

Date Added

07.04.2008