The Great Buxton
Miners with mule-drawn cart
Southern Iowa coal mine
Central Iowa coal mine
River Barge Transporting Coal
Sectional and Geological Map of Iowa, 1856
Four Coal Miners in 1910
Coal Mining With Child Labor
Iowa Soldiers, World War I
Public Housing for Miners
Buxton: Racial harmony in an Iowa coal mining town
Coal Mining Towns
Coal Workers Unionize
Coal Mine in Southern Iowa, 1936
Time Frame: 1930s
A coal mine located in the south central part of the state near Ottumwa off U.S. Highway 34. Coal mining in the state peaked in 1919. Photo was taken in May 1936.
Photographer: Carl Mydans
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection
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