Gift Shop

Historic Pictures
Historic Photo Reprints – $12 each
Four different pictures available:
  1. Western Coal & Mining Company, Pittsburg, Ks. Mine #22 (1/2 mile north, 1/2 mile east of Arma, Ks ) Taken March 20, 1940.
  2. Western Coal & Mining Company, Pittsburg, Ks. Mine #24 (The site is located between Cockerill and Foxtown on the south side of the road on Hwy K-47.) “Photo A” (March 16,1940)
  3. Western Coal & Mining Company, Pittsburg, Ks. Mine #24 (The site is located between Cockerill and Foxtown on the south side of the road on Hwy K-47.) “Photo C” (March 16,1940)
  4. Western Coal & Mining Company, Pittsburg, Ks. Mine #Unknown

The following items are available in the gift shop and are also available for shipping (call for shipping costs):

Weir Pittsburg Coal Field map
This map shows mine names and camps sites in the Weir-Pittsburg area.
It can be purchased at:
  • Miners Hall Museum
  • Pittsburg Public Library
  • Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce
  • By mail for an additional $3 for S & H (send a check/money order for $8 to Miners Memorial, P.O. MM, Pittsburg, KS 66762)

Raisin Pie in a Miner's Bucket book
Raisin Pie in a Miner’s Bucket – $50
This book is a collection of oral histories and family recipes from residents of former mining camps of Southeast Kansas, as well as examples of Kansas folklore. Carolyn Loss Winters and Kaye Lynne Webb, Editors.

Coal Mining Days in the Weir-Pittsburg Coal Field book
Coal Mining Days in the Weir-Pittsburg Coal Field – $40
A book by Debby O. Close which peers into the lifestyle of the early coal miners of Southeast Kansas.
It can be purchased at:
  • Miners Hall Museum
  • By phone (620-231-7419)
  • By mail (send a check/money order for $40 to Miners Memorial, P.O. MM, Pittsburg, KS 66762)