A&M 3055Woodrow Mosley, Coal Miner, Interview Transcript, 1988 A&M 3055Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:21:09 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Woodrow Mosley, Coal Miner, Interview Transcript Mosley, Woodrow A&M 3055 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1237 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. 1988 Transcript of an interview with a retired coal miner of Lincoln County, WV. Mosley lived and worked in the coal fields of Logan County, WV and Pike County, KY most of his life. He started to work in 1929 when mining was still done by pick and shovel and retired in the early sixties when mining had become mechanized. He describes the changes in mining technology he experienced and the effect of unionization in the coal mining region of southern West Virginia. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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Logan County. Lincoln County (W. Va.) Farms and farming. Coal mining. Coal mining - Mechanization. Coal mining - Strip mining. Coal mining - Labor organization. Mosley, Woodrow