Document Type
Image
Preview
Creation Date
1900
Description
Photo shows coal sorters at the tipple. Boys were employed to sort coal in the early 1900's at a wage lower than miners. Men of various ethnic nationalities were employed by the coal companies.
Recommended Citation
"Roslyn Coal Miners" (1900). Roslyn African American History Photographs. 63.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/roslyn_african_american_history/63
Approximate Date
circa 1900
Spatial Coverage (for ex: Ellensburg, WA)
Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Format
image/jpg
Keywords
Roslyn, Washington, Kittitas County (Wash.) - History, Mining, Coal mining, Strikes, Labor disputes
Comments
Scanned photographic print June 2001, DPI- 600, JPEG, with a Microtek Scanmaker 6400 XL.