Western Coal & Mining Company, Pittsburg, Ks. Mine #22 (1/2 mile north, 1/2 mile east of Arma, Ks ) Taken March 20, 1940.
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)
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)
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):
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 – $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 – $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)