Sunday, May 27, 2012

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine Coal Camp Part 1

After we finished our tour of the Youth Museum, we walked back up the hill to explore the Beckley Exhibition Mine's Coal Camp.

coalcampmap 

 map of the miner's camp exhibit

 coalcampchurch 


  Coalcampchurch2 

 inside the camp church 

  coalcampminersexpenses 
 miner's wages and expenses

  coalcampminershousekitchen 

miner's house (if he had a family) 

  coalcampminerswages 

miner's wages

  coalcampbachelorsshanty 

single men lived differently in the camp

coalcampbachelorsshanty2

inside the bachelor's one room shanty