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1920ref. 224531920. Appalachian Coal Mining Operations; Photo Archive of Five Original Gelatin Silver Photographs ca. 1910s-1920s. Five gelatin silver prints measuring betweenand 8" x 9" to 5" x 7" Striking vernacular archive documenting early 20th-century industrial coal mining practices through four large-format photographs capturing both above- and below-ground operations. One image depicts a smelter or foundry worker tending molten material in a heavy industrial setting possibly related to coke production-a critical process in transforming coal into fuel for steelmaking. The worker wears a protective leather apron gloves and a helmet with face shield using a long paddle to manipulate the material. Industrial piping and steel platforms surround the workspace and a massive crucible or furnace stands nearby. Another photograph captures a dramatic underground mining scene. Two Black miners in heavy coats and headlamps drill upward into the cavern ceiling using a compressed-air jackleg drill. The low uneven rock walls exposed support timbers and scattered equipment emphasize the confined and hazardous conditions of subsurface labor. Coal dust visibly clings to their garments hinting at prolonged exposure to harsh particulate-laden environments common in deep mining shafts. One image centers on a large cylindrical steel structure-likely a pressure chamber or industrial boiler associated with coal-fired power or steam generation. The riveted iron shell and complex pipe fittings suggest this is part of an early steam engine or autoclave. Tools such as a coal shovel and rake lean nearby alongside a coal scuttle reinforcing the manual labor involved in operating and maintaining this machinery. Another photograph presents an expansive view of a coal rail yard in winter. A lone worker walks atop a line of boxcars amid snow-covered tracks while coal smoke rises from the buildings along the rail lines. The archive offer a vivid and textural record of early 20th-century coal mining labor and its related technologies. At this time coal mining was one of the deadliest occupations in the United States; between 1900 and 1930 tens of thousands of miners died in accidents or from occupational illnesses such as black lung disease. Light edge wear and surface handling; one image with silvering and faint creases. Well-preserved examples of early 20th-century industrial photography documenting coal mining infrastructure labor and technology during a critical era of American energy and industrial history. Minor edge wear and light creasing; one image with mild silvering; overall very good. unknown
1963ref. 2091202132802237Meiji-Taisho Coal Mine Print Book Publishing Association 1963. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 1 book Size: 22x30cm Number of books: 1 book Meiji-Taisho Coal Mine Print Book Publishing Association paperback
1916ref. 56549Washington D.C. & Juneau A.T.: Superintendent of Documents U.S. Surveyor General’s Office 1916. Oblong Atlas Folio. 24 x 19 in. 14 colour maps 1 large folding 17.25 x 41.5 in. Printed softcovers stapled and paper reinforcement at gutter margin some minor toning & soiling to fore-edges edgewear to spine minor scuffing and a couple removed label ghosting still VG- bright copy. First edition of this remarkably scarce plat map atlas for the Matanuska coal fields and township sites surveyed by Walker & McDaniel during their surveys following those on the Kenai Peninsula. By 1912 with the act establishing Alaska as a U.S. Territory and in 1914 the authorization to construct an Alaska Railroad there became an increased need and demand for coal. The Matanuska mines located about 45 miles northeast of Anchorage first began production in 1916 and would stay in continuous production through both World War I and World War II and well into the 20th Century re-opening again in the 21st Century. Not only do these maps show available government lease sites for coal mines but also available Township sites for homesteaders as required by the original Homestead Acts of 1866 and the 1916 Act for Alaska requiring surveys and resurveys to accurately determine boundaries of unsold railroad lands and identify their boundaries. Worldcat locates 2 copies Anchorage Museum & Univ. of Calgary; See: Catalogue of the Public Documents of the Sixty-Fourth Congress Index Vol. 13 1922 p. 74; C. Albert White A History of the Rectangular Survey System 1983 p. 189. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Surveyor General’s Office, paperback
1963ref. 2080302106805434Meiji-Taisho Coal Mine Print Book Publishing Association 1963. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: A4 size 21x30 cm Meiji-Taisho Coal Mine Print Book Publishing Association paperback
1832ref. 14387Newcastle Eneas Mackenzie; 1832. 1832. Broadside approximately 27.5 x 20.5 cm. Very light toning a spot of soiling and a slight crease. In remarkably crisp condition. An anonymous letter regarding a now famous incident of police brutality against a North Shields pitman Cuthbert Skipsey "a quiet and inoffensive man. very much respected" Fynes who was shot and killed by a police officer after attempting to defuse an altercation between miners and the police during the 1832 Northumberland and Durham Miners Strike. This account by 'an eye witness' goes into great detail about the incident. The constable responsible George Weddell was arrested found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to six months hard labour. Skipsey had eight children and his last son Joseph who was only four months old at the time of his fathers death is better known as one of the pitmen poets and a leading light in labouring poetry of the nineteenth century. Dated in contemporary hand. Rare and seemingly unrecorded. Fynes The Miners of Northumberland and Durham pp. 32-33. Newcastle, Eneas Mackenzie; [1832]. unknown
1856ref. 3439221Berlin, Hertz, 1856/62. Insgesamt ca. 2000 S. Mit insgesamt 102 Steindrucktafeln, 1 mehrfarbige geognostische Karte (95 cm x 49 cm), und zahlreiche im Text eingedruckte Holzschnitte. Halblederbände (Rücken durchweg lädiert oder fehlend, ein Band ohne Einband, Stempel auf Titelrückseite, teils mit Bibliotheks-Rückenschild).
1905ref. mon0000494577HMSO 1905T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. HMSO hardcover
ref. 065-Eo.J. Schwarze Kreide, grau laviert, über Bleistift, auf chamoisfarbenem festem Velin, rechts unten bezeichnet und datiert ?Londoner Bierfuhr d. 23. July 1822?. 11,9:18,5 cm. Verso: Liegendes Pferd und undeutlich Einzelstudien von Pferden, Bleistift, bezeichnet links unten ? ... Brauerpferde in London? 23. July 1824?. Im Rand etwas angeschmutzt. Blatt aus einem Skizzenbuch.
ref. 064-Eo.J. Schwarze Kreide, grau laviert, über Bleistift, auf chamoisfarbenem festem Velin, rechts oben bezeichnet und datiert ?Londoner Kohlenfuhr am Ufer der Themse Den 3. Apl. 1822?. 11,9:18,5 cm. Verso: Skizze mit einer Kutsche und darin sitzender Frau, Bleistift. Insgesamt etwas angeschmutzt und fleckig. Blatt aus einem Skizzenbuch.
1990Signed and briefly inscribed by author upon title page. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Illustrated map endpapers. Extensive index. vii, [1],332 pp. "One of the most ambitious and lavish local histories ever undertaken in B.C. for such a relatively small community. Originally called Union Wharf, the town on the old Island Highway south of Courtenay arose when the Union Coal Company opened its Cumberland mines in 1888." - BC Bookworld website. Very light wear to burgundy cloth lettered with gilt. Binding tight. Prior owner's bookplate upon verso of front free endpaper. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy of this particularly excellent local history. Gift quality. Hale & Barman 331 Book
1888ref. 13170New York: The South Publishing Co 1888. 40pp. Illustrated. Yellow pictorial wrappers printed in red and blue. Wrappers detached and somewhat worn and soiled. Internally clean. Good condition. A rare pocket-sized and absolutely charming promotional for the industrial center of Sheffield Alabama in the 1880s. The promotional text is interspersed with full-page illustrations printed in either red or blue ink. Three copies in OCLC at the University of Alabama Auburn and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. The South Publishing Co unknown
1842ref. 4822Mit 1 mehrfach gefalt. lithogr. Tafel. Prag, [Borrosch und André], Druck von G. Haase Söhne, 1842. 4to. (25,9 x 21,6 cm). 2 Bl., 71 S. Typographischer Orig.-Umschlag. [3 Warenabbildungen]
ref. MA35Quarto ca. 327x204 cm. or 13x8 in. 3 pp. of text. Brown ink on yellow lined wove paper. Seal in the lower right corner of the last page. Fold marks but overall very good. Historically interesting original document illustrating legal negotiations regarding early coal mining in Nicola Valley B.C. By the late 1890s Nicola Valley housed one of the northwest's largest and most extensive coal fields. The exceptional quality of deposits along the Coldwater River attracted significant attention sparking a surge in coal mining activity. The coal boom continued until the 1930s when depleted coal seams eventually took their toll on the local mining industry. The agreement was made between James Corbett Joseph Castillon George Murray of Nicola Lake B.C. the first party and Soren Andrew Hartman of Tacoma Washington the second party on 19 December 1903. The document authorized the transfer of licenses for six coal locations along Coldwater River from the first party to the second. It also enabled the formation of a new coal production company for these prospects with a capital stock of 2000000 shares each priced at ten cents. The agreement was signed by the members of the parties and a witness “Jas.” S. Andrew Hartman 1851-1910 of the second party was a retired wholesale merchant and the vice-president of Western Coal & Iron Co. of Portland Oregon. In May 1904 a few months after this legal deed Hartman established the Nicola Coal & Coke Company with a capitalization of $2000000. By 1905 an extensive advertisement in the Boston Globe sought investments boasting the company's possession of 3840 acres of coal lands and a treasury balance of $1000000. The company lasted relatively successfully until the early-1910s when it was dissolved after Hartman's death. Overall historically interesting legal agreement from the early days of the Nicola Valley B.C. coal mining industry. Excerpts from the document: “Agreement made and entered into this nineteenth day of December 1903 by and between James Corbett Joseph Castillon and George Murray of Nicola Lake B.C. of the first part and S. Andrew Hartman Tacoma Washington party of the second part – The party of the first part being the locators of six coal locations situated on Coldwater river about ten miles south west of Coutlee and whereas Government licences have been obtained for four sections in the names of parties of the first part and licences applied and fees paid for two additional sections and whereas the party of the second part is the lawful owner of twofifths interest in the above mentioned property – the parties of the first part do hereby agree and covenant to place in Escrow - Ladd-Tilton Bankers of Portland Oregon government licences obtained on said lands and to convey and assign to the party of the second part said licences and title thereto on the following terms and conditions To wit: The party of the second part being empowered and by there – being empowered and authorized to form a company and have it incorporated and capitalized to the extent of two million shares of par value of ten cents each – or a different amount and value as may be deemed best by the party of the second second part and his associates and it is further agreed and understood between hereto that as soon as the party of the second part and his associates shall have completed the incorporation and organization of such company to be formed as above provided – The said government licences placed in Escrow with the assignment of the same – shall be delivered for the said Ladd Tilton Bankers to the party of the second part as Trustee in trust for the company so formed…” “The four coal prospecting licences Nos. 1142 1143 1144 and 1145 already obtained and the two additional licences paid and applied for It is further understood and agreed between the parties hereto that one half of the capital stock shall be set aside as the Company’s treasury stock for the purpose of exploring developing and equipping the said coal prospect and perfecting title to the same and remaining half of the Capital stock shall be issued to the parties of the first part and to the parties of the second part in the following manner - party of the second part to receive two-fifths of the one half of the abovementioned stock which shall be known as promoters stock and the threefifths to the parties of the first party or their assigns; And the parties hereto agree to accept suck stock payment in full for the property to be assigned to the company as herein provided Also it is hereby agreed by the parties of the first part that the party of the second part is hereby authorized and empowered to effect a cash sale of the property subject to approval of the parties of the first part. It is also understood between the parties hereto that all the promoters stock shall be pooled for the period of two years from the date of organization of the company. It is also understood that the stock in the Company to be formed shall be made now assessable and fully paid. It is further agreed that George Murray shall be placed on the Board of directors and retain a position there so long as he and his associates hold an interest in the Company. Agreed sealed and delivered the date above written. George Murray James Corbett Joseph Castillon Dan – H. S. Andrew Hartman Witness Jas csc - ” unknown
ref. RGW22847With 4 Share certificates for the Llynvi Coal & Iron Company Ltd dated 1871 to Mary Cavan creased on one corner 1885 correspondence and endorsements about the debentures. The principal sums were repaid in 1885. In 1884 it would appear the debentures were worth £41860. The works were started in 1798. This particular company was formed in 1872. It would appear Mary Cavan held nearly one third of the shares in The Llynvi Coal and Iron Company in 1871. Her husband Colonel Cavan had died in 1870. The Cavan family had a long history of investing in the South Wales iron industry. James Cavan had invested in the Llynvi Iron Works in 1845 and before that in the Cambrian Iron and Spelter Company.In 1886 the companyÕs ironworks at Maesteg ceased to work. Possibly the paying back of the debentures was a contributing factor to the closure. unknown
1932ref. 2080502106911436Not Available 1932. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1925ref. 009741Fairmont West Virginia: Fairmont Printing Co. 1925. Full title from front wrapper reads: Agreement. Memorandum agreement between the Consolidation Coal Company and its employees in West Virginia Division. The local organization of employees at each operation take the name and number of the mine and is know as "space in text Miners' Association No. space." Original green printed wrappers. 40 pp. Unrecorded on OCLC/WorldCat. First Edition. Soft Bound. Fine. Fairmont Printing Co.
1916473 pages. Index. List of illustrations. Many fascinating black and white photographic plates. Diagrams and fold-outs. Above-average external wear. Sunning to spine. Hinges intact. Usual library markings. Contains a wealth of historical B.C. documentation. A worthy reference copy. Book
ref. 97816A Avignon, et se trouve à Lyon, chez Gabriel Regnault, 1775, 1 volume in-8 de 205x125 mm environ, 1 fb., 1 faux-titre, xxiv-9planches-543 pages, 1 fb., pleine basane marbrée fauve, dos à 5 nerfs portant titres dorés sur pièce de titre cerise, orné de caissons à fleurons et motifs dorés, coupes dorées, tranches jaspées, gardes marbrées. Complet des 9 hors-texte. Petite galerie de 1 cm sur un mors, petits frottements sur les coins, petites épidermures, sinon bon état.
1856ref. WRCAM27974Nueva-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
1856ref. 27974Nueva-York: Imprenta de Hallet 1856. Coal Mining in Mexico A Spanish-language prospectus for an American mining and land company on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Original printed wrappers. Rear wrapper detached spine mostly perished library blindstamp on front wrapper and withdrawal stamp on wrapper interior. Foxed. Good overall. SABIN 48572 note. unknown
1864ref. 100860Pamphlet 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
1922ref. 2080502106912588Not Available 1922. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1827ref. 451361827. NORTH AMERICAN COAL COMPANY. A Brief Sketch of the Property Belonging to the North American Coal Company with Some General Remarks on the Subject of Coal and Coal Mines. N.Y.: Printed by Willam sic Davis Jun. 1827. 14pp. 2 folding maps. Orig. blank wraps. Sewn as issued. Some chipping and soiling to untrimmed edges wrapper split along spine. Overall very good. American Imprints 1827 No. 30069. The North American Coal Company mined property in near Pottsville in Schuykill County about 100 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The maps show the property the locations of mines and existing and proposed canals. unknown
ref. 507-Eo.J. Kohle, auf bräunlichem Papier, rechts signiert ?Forain?. 31:23,8 cm. - Blatt aus einem Skizzenbuch.
1957ref. 2090502113713031Not Available 1957. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
