| Title |
Reclamation. Bill Compton used to be a coal miner -- but he had such success in farming the land he had mined and reclaimed that he got out of the coal business and became a full-time farmer. Here he bales alfalfa on land which was mined in early 1950's near Lumberport, Harrison County, West Virginia. |
| Photo Number |
P0244n1_04_0041 |
| Description |
Photo shows Bill Compton, former coal miner, operating a hay baler on former coal land reclaimed as farmland in Harrison County, West Virginia. |
| Creator |
National Coal Association |
| Date |
1971-07-01 |
| Textual Date |
July 1, 1971 |
| Keywords |
Mine reclamation; Fields (land); Farming; Equipment; Agricultural equipment; Tractors (agricultural equipment); Balers (agricultural equipment); Alfalfa; Bales; Men; Farmers |
| Subject |
Reclamation of land--West Virginia--Harrison County--Photographs; Alfalfa--West Virginia--Harrison County--Photographs; Farmers Subject Reclamation of land--West Virginia--Harrison County--Photographs; Alfalfa--West Virginia--Harrison County--Photographs; Farmers--West Virginia--Harrison County--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Lumberport (W. Va.); Harrison County (W. Va.) |
| Additional Information |
Pictures, illustrations and research materials collected for Olive Woolley Burt's book, "Black Sunshine: The Story of Coal," 1977. |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0244 Olive Woolley Burt Photograph Collection |
| Collection Name |
Olive Woolley Burt |
| Relation is Part of |
Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive |
| Rights |
 |
| Type |
Image |
| Digitization Specifications |
Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, 8-bit grayscale at 400 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6640fqj |
| Setname |
uum_map |
| ID |
1588494 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6640fqj |
