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


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