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Drill Bits, Picks, and Shovels: A History of Mineral Resources in Oklahoma edited by John W. Morris


Geography of Oklahoma edited by John W. Morris


Annual Reports from the Department of Mines and Mining

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Coal
Coal-Mining Disasters
Coal-Mining Strikes
Coal Lands, Segregated
Hanraty, Peter
Krebs
Labor, Organized
McAlester (town)
McAlester, James Jackson
Mined Land Reclamation
Mining Towns
Osage Coal and Mining Company
Rodrigues, Rufino
Settlement Patterns

Listing of Photographs & Illustrations

  • Coal mining near Tulsa, Oklahoma, 19687.IO.MIN.CO.1.4, Chester R. Cowen Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Coal production near Tulsa, 18827.118, Albertype Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • First passenger train over Wichita Falls Railroad, 5444, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Woman seated in front of coal stove, c. 1914, LC-F8-44032, courtesy of Library of Congress
  • James J. McAlester, 679, Lottie Durham Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Rebecca McAlester, 717, Lottie Durham Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Katy Flyer, 20488.908.577, First Annual Report, Oklahoma State Corporation Commission Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Coleman Cole, 1237, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Osage Coal and Mining Company, from Annual Report, Mine Inspector 1901-1906
  • Scrip from the J. J. McAlester Mercantile Store, 2016.021.1754.05, J. J. McAlester Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Tramway to entrance of coal mine, 18355, Frederick S. Barde Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Coal mine, 2012.201.B0907.0120, Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Miners, 2012.201.B0400.0458, Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Miner, 2012.201.B0400.0462, Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • 2594.1, US Bureau of Mines Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Rufino Rodrigues, 18032, Frederick S. Barde Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Pete Hanraty, 4566, Frederick S. Barde Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Miner, 2012.201.B0287.0196, Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Haily-Ola coal mine, Lutie, Oklahoma, 2012.201.B0400.0455, Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • 8045, Bennett Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Coal mine #9, North McAlester, Indian Territory, 7240, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society
  • Pullman illustration, Harper’s Weekly, July 21, 1894
  • Knights of Labor document, courtesy of University of Pittsburgh


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