COAL_SLAG_HEAP_BURNS_ABOVE_COMPANY_HOUSES_NEAR_HUTCHINSON_WEST_VIRGINIA,_NEAR_LOGAN,_IN_THE_SOUTHERN_PART_OF_THE..._-_NARA_-_556416.jpg


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Corn, Jack, 1929-, Photographer ( NARA record: 8464440 )
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Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - )
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COAL SLAG HEAP BURNS ABOVE COMPANY HOUSES NEAR HUTCHINSON, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR LOGAN, IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION, LIGHTNING. A FIRE OR VARIETY OF OTHER CAUSES CAN RESULT IN IGNITION OF THESE COAL MINE REFUSE PILES, AND THEY CAN BURN FOR YEARS. IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THE MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES MAD.
Depicted place Logan (Logan county, West Virginia, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place ( 37°49′59″N 81°58′59″W  /  37.833°N 81.983°W  / 37.833; -81.983 ; NARA geographical record )
Date April 1974
date QS:P571,+1974-04-00T00:00:00Z/10
institution QS:P195,Q38945047
Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S)
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration , cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 556416 .

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  • Record group: Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006 ( National Archives Identifier : 708 )
  • Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, compiled 1972 - 1977 (National Archives Identifier: 542493 )
  • Agency-Assigned Identifier: 233/44/013964

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-412-DA-13964

  • 412-DA-13964
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COAL SLAG HEAP BURNS ABOVE COMPANY HOUSES NEAR HUTCHINSON WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR LOGAN, IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION, LIGHTNING. A FIRE OR VARIETY OF OTHER CAUSES CAN RESULT IN IGNITION OF THESE COAL MINE REFUSE PILES, AND THEY CAN BURN FOR YEARS. IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THE MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES MAD (English)

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