Keywords: Gillie Wells on the front porch of his four room house for which he pays $7 monthly, he has recently moved into this... - NARA - 541146.jpg Scope and content Gillie Wells on the front porch of his four room house for which he pays 7 monthly; he has recently moved into this house because his former dwelling was destroyed by fire There is no protection from fire in this camp; the nearest fire fighting equipment is in Pineville about seven miles away; water for fire fighting must by pumped from the meager stream; the only telephone in the camp is in the store which is locked and no key is kept in the camp during the night Houses usually burn to the ground within twenty minutes after the fire gets going One of Mr Wells children was burned to death when his house burned Fox Ridge Mining Company Inc Hanby Mine Arjay Bell County Kentucky General notes 541146 Local identifier 245-MS-2157L Department of the Interior Solid Fuels Administration For War 04/19/1943 - 06/30/1947 NARA-Author Lee Russell 1903-1986 Photographer 2489414 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1946-08-31 Record group Record Group 245 Records of the Solid Fuels Administration for War 1937 - 1948 Record group ARC 572 Photographs of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry compiled 1946 - 1947 Series ARC 540230 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-245-MS-2157L Other versions <gallery> File Gillie_Wells_on_the_front_porch_of_his_four_room_house_for_which_he_pays_ 7_monthly _he_has_recently_moved_into_this _-_NARA_-_541146 tif tif File Gillie_Wells_on_the_front_porch_of_his_four_room_house_for_which_he_pays_ 7_monthly _he_has_recently_moved_into_this _-_NARA_-_541146 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Coal mining in the United States |