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Tags: black lung, coal driver, mine safety, wages

Tags: change from manual to machine, coal mining, commissaries, early life, mechanization in the mines, mine safety, mining camps, roads and transportation, script, the depression, unions, wages

Tags: early life and family, education, mine accidents, mine owners, the depression, union organization, wages, work in the coal mines

Tags: how Olin got its raw materials, life, responsibilities, various jobs, wages, work at Olin plant in Saltville

Tags: construction of Fieldcrest Mills, the depression, unionization, wages, work at Fontain brickyard, working conditions

Tags: coal mining, commissaries, early life, mine automation, mine safety, mining, mining machinery, roads, the depression, transportation, unions, wages

Tags: early life, education, family, mine automation, mine experiences, mine safety, strip mining, the depression, unionization, wages

Tags: black lung, coal mining, depression, mining machinery, strip mining, Tom's Creek, UMW, unions, wages, WWI, WWII

Tags: black lung, coal mining, depression, mining machinery, strip mining, Tom's Creek, UMW, unions, wages, WWI, WWII

Tags: black lung, depression, early life, education, Martha Washington College, mining 1936 to 1972, Sandy Ridge church, school, St. Charles, strikes, strip mining, unions, VICC machinery, wages