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50830Washington: Bituminous Coal Institute 1947. Revised edition. 12mo; staple-bound card wrappers; 26pp. Tight clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. Dictionary of terms for non-technical users. The Bituminous Coal Institute was the public-relations arm of the bituminous industry in the United States. unknown books
190317337Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1903. First Edition. Octavo 22cm. Blue ribbed cloth titled in gilt on spine; 257pp; frontispiece map. Slight external wear and soil; front endpaper chipped and tape-repaired; Very Good. Official report of Theodore Roosevelt's independent Commission appointed "at the request of both the operators and of the miners" in October 1902 to investigate the causes of the Great Anthracite Strike of that year. The Commission's report marked an important mileston in the history of American labor negotiations as this was the first instance of the Federal government acting as an independent arbitrator in a labor dispute. The results were varied but generally were considered favorable to the United Mine Workers whose members received a 10% pay increase and a reduction in working hours. Government Printing Office unknown books
198114798Jackson MS: The University Press of Mississippi 1981. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm. Original green cloth boards pictorial dustjacket 64pp illus. Signed by author to title page with laid-in holograph note from author to reviewer. Some spotting to page edges minor yellowing to dustjacket extremities. Very Good. A compilation of mining poems by Appalachian scholar and writer James B. Goode. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Laid in is a newspaper clipping of the book review written by William Paulk. Author's 12-line note dated 7/16/81 thanks Paulk for his interest and offers to send autographed copies. The University Press of Mississippi unknown books
197228341Huntington WV: Appalachian Movement Press 1972. Reprint. Quarto 28cm. Pictorial staplebound wrappers 20pp illus. Mild toning to upper page edges else Fine. A selection of articles reprinted from Labor Age dating from April to December 1931 depicting harsh living conditions and general union activities of the West Virginia mountaineer miner. Heavily illustrated with photographs and political drawings. Appalachian Movement Press unknown books
193248445NY: Hudson coal Co 1932. Second edn. 8vo pp. xv 425. Glossary index. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. Maroon cloth stamped in black. Cover slightly soiled and little worn at top of spine o/w a VG tight copy. The history of anthracite mining in northeastern Pennsylvania. Hudson coal Co unknown books
19257766Charlottesville: University of Virginia 1925. First Edition. Original printed wrappers softcover as issued; 322pp; 27 illustrations from photographs; 30 text figures. Ownership markings; moderate wear/soil to covers; internally clean and unmarked; Very Good. A publication of the Virginia Geological Survey prepared in Co-Operation with the United States Geological Survey and the Virginia Office of State Forests. University of Virginia unknown books
19143211Denver: Committee of Coal Mine Managers 1914. Pamphlet. 72p. wraps slightly edge worn else very good condition first edition. Series 1. No more issued. On the strike against The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and the Ludlow massacre from the employers' point of view. Committee of Coal Mine Managers unknown books
3764THE INDIAN COAL-MINES. Calcutta: W. Newman 1886. 12mo. Printed wrappers. ii 8 pages. First edition. Public opinion regarding proposed legislation and inspection. Stamp on front wrapper and title page lacks unprinted rear wrapper. Rare. unknown books
1910WRCAM4246Washington 1910. 374pp. 11 folding maps and charts. Buckram. Ex-lib. with bookplate. Very good. Exhaustive report with many detailed maps. hardcover books
188112219Philadelphia 1881. Original printed wrappers institutional stamp binder holes in blank inner margin bound into modern plain wrappers. 12pp folding map frontis of the Indianapolis Decatur and Springfield Railway; folding color section showing "position of Coal Seams and Bore Holes" and area proposed to be purchased for the Company. Institutional stamps Good. <br/><br/> The prospectus demonstrates the substantial markets existing along the rail line and the good prospects for opening mines. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Not in NUC Eberstadt Decker. unknown books
190220871Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs 1902. First Edition. 7.5 x 5 in. 97 pp with three illustrations from photographs in original pictorial cloth. Light scuffing to corners and spine ends pale stain to frontis not affecting illustration previous owners' names on front endpapers. Very good. In 1902 the United States depended on anthracite or "hard coal" for domestic heating. Anthracite coal miners in Pennsylvania went on strike on May 12 demanding higher wages a shorter workday and recognition of their union the United Mine Workers of America. As the strike dragged on over several months public anxiety about fuel shortages led President Roosevelt to take the unprecedented action of stepping in to bring about a resolution. On October 3 1902 he met with presidents of the mine-owning railroads and union leaders. The owners refused to enter into negotiations with the union and the conference disbanded without resolving the crisis. Roosevelt then formed a commission to investigate the strike. Secretary of War Elihu Root and banker J. P. Morgan convinced railroad leaders to abide by the findings of the presidentially appointed commission. The union also accepted the commission and on October 20 voted to end the strike. In March 1903 the anthracite-coal commission recommended increasing miners' pay by ten percent one half of their demand and reducing the working day from ten to nine hours. Stewart Culin was a private in the Second Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry which was sent in August 1902 to maintain peace and order in Carbon County where the strike was centered. He later became an important ethnographer and his considered narrative and analysis of the strike reflects the eye of a keen observer. George W. Jacobs hardcover books
193953575Chicago: Du Quoin Mines Defense Committee 1939. First Edition. Quarto 30cm. Bifolium circular single sheet folded to make 4pp; illus. Also three laid-in clippings relating to the case; draft resolution for the use of UMWA locals; and petition form blank for submission to Hon. Henry Horner Governor of Illinois. Mild wear and soil; ink date at base of first page; Very Good or better overall. Apparently complete campaign packet as distributed to UMWA locals in Illinois following the sentencing of five Du Quoin Illinois miners for the death of a bystander during a violent strike at the United Electric Coal Company's strip mine in Perry County. The brochure gives background on the case prints the joint petition of the United Mine Workers and the Progressive Mine Workers of America and statements by Norman Thomas Charles Edward Russell Margaret Marshall and others. Catalogued but not located in OCLC. Du Quoin Mines Defense Committee unknown books
1891607056"W.W. Hubbard" in black fountain pen ink on blue printed Island Coal Company Miners and Shippers of the Celebrated Island City Coal letterhead Indianapolis Indiana August 6 1891. 8 1/2" x 11"; 1 page; very good fresh; 1891. Letterhead is printed in blue. W.W. Hubbard wa the company treasurer. Proposal for selling coat to the Hospital for the Insane in Kalamazoo Michigan. Together with the original holograph mailing envelope printed in red postmarked Indianapolis Ind. August 7 1891 with 2 cent red George Washington stamp with bulls eye cancellation with backstamped "Carrier" postal cancellation advertising cover. Envelope is printed in red. Also included in an advertising flyer "Red Letter Testimonials" extolling their coal products; 1 page. Three separate items. books
19094198Durango CO 1909. Manuscript map in black ink 75 cm x 83 cm / 29 1/2" x 32 1/2" on a single sheet 81 cm x 89 cm / 32" x 35" in Nice condition with no rips tears or stains. Large mine map for the Perins Peak Mine which was north of Durango Colorado on Lightner Creek. Later it was known as the Boston Mine and between 1901 to 1926 produced over one million tons of coal. The mine boomed long enough for the now ghost town of Perrin to have three-hundred people call it home. Presumed unique. Rare. unknown books
183926058Pennsylvania 1839. Manuscript broadside 11" x 22". Two drawings at head of report followed by detailed descriptions of each drawing: boundaries chutes directions of veins projected coal output etc. Old horizontal folds some splits along fold edges a few small chips. Drafted on paper which bears the watermark of "John C. Clark Phila" the oldest legal stationers in the United States founded in 1817 and the 9th oldest continuously operating business in Philadelphia according to its current website.<br/><br/> The Peach Mountain mines were situated near Pottsville in the county of Schuylkill Pennsylvania. Peach Mountain was one of several mines in the area which produced red ash anthracite. According to this offering the mine bordered the Delaware Coal Company which was responsible for working it. <br/> "Mr. Read thinks that the above coal can be delivered on the bank at $1. per ton. He would contract at that note after the tunnel was driven. The driving of the tunnel would effect a saving of 10c per ton on all the coal lying above the level of the present tunnel. The said 10c per ton are now paid for loading and running to and unloading into the chute of 79 feet whence it is again loaded into drift waggons on the deep level. It would take a year to drive the tunnel at a total cost of about $2500. unknown books
1856WRCAM27974Nueva-York: Imprenta de Hallet 1856. 40pp. in Spanish. Original printed wrappers. Rear wrapper detached front wrapper separated four inches down from head of spine. Slight wear to extremities. Very good. The prospectus for an American mining and land company on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Imprenta de Hallet unknown books
1864100860Pamphlet original printed wrappers dual frontispiece maps 10 pp. Some red ink behind first map slight aging small faded duplicate stamp of the Huntington Library on rear; otherwise near fine. This is a rare title that illustrates the potential of this Illinois coal land which was located near the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The two maps are: Diagram of the State of Illinois and Property of the Chicago Company at La Salle Illinois. The pamphlet gives some statistics on the amount of coal available in beds owned by the company which was over six million tons. There is also a discussion of the quality of the coal. This pamphlet is not recorded in Karrow or cited in Pre-Fire Imprints nor Munn's The Coal Industry in America. OCLC locates two copies Lincoln Library and University of Chicago and another known copy is at the Huntington Library. Dunlap, Sewell & Spalding, books
1900WRCAM55644N.p. most likely in Illinois or Indiana: Chicago Architectural Photographing Company 1900. Seventeen large-format black-and-white photographs backed on linen each 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black textured cloth. Minor soiling and wear. Images a bit dust-soiled. Very good. An impactful and informative collection of photographs documenting the process of coal extraction from inside a shaft mine to the loading of the railway cars. The album includes exterior views of a few different mines with prominent headframes; the first image is titled "Mine No. 3" in the negative. This image also features an early model automobile from the 1930s at the latest. Five images capture the underground workings of the miners as they chisel away large blocks of coal from a wall in a pinched claustrophobic setting. One image shows a hallway with a wood plank floor and walls supported with corrugated metal. This is followed by six views of the ground-level processing area where the coal is dumped onto large conveyor belts that load it into railway cars. In one of the exterior views a Rock Island railway car is prominent loaded with coal likely on its way to Chicago. The last two images - close-up top-down views of rail cars overflowing with coal - are from the New York Central Railroad. <br> <br> Six of the images carry a photographer's stamp reading "Chicago Architectural Photographing Company" in the negative. The company was founded in 1885 to meet the demand for architectural photography in the bustling post-fire building boom in Chicago. Their prolific photographic services were employed by architectural legends such as Adler & Sullivan Frank Lloyd Wright and Burnham & Root. In addition to a vast array of buildings and construction projects the company photographed various mining companies in Illinois and Indiana though it seems to have been a small part of their business. A handful of institutional collections include scattered holdings of mining photographs taken by the company but nothing as comprehensive as the present album. <br> <br> An important album of coal mining photographs that capture the cramped working conditions inside the mine in a visceral manner along with a peak into the process of how past generations transported one of the most important energy sources of the time. Chicago Architectural Photographing Company hardcover books
