Following is a list of places I have found that have information about the Coal Mines in West Virginia. If any of you find other sources, please send them to me. So I can add them to this list, and I will be working on a list to put at the site that will have places for people to look for mining information. The State Archives at (304)558-0220 , ext. 151 or 168 for the Archives Library desks. has some mining information. Another place is the Eastern Regional Coal Archives in Bluefield, WV. The man in charge there is named Stuart McGehee, but he teaches in Institute, WV during the school year. Eva McGuire is another contact there. They are at the Craft Memorial Library, 600 Commerce St., Bluefield, WV 24701, and their phone is (304)325-3942. Another archive is the UMWA Archives in Washington D.C. Their address is 900 15th Street NW, Washington D.C. 20005 This site: http://www.swcp.com/~dhickman/wvcmf/wvcmf.html tells about the Index of Fatalities in West Virginia Coal Mines 1883-1925, which has been microfilmed by the LDS Library Goldenseal Magazine at: http://www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html These are the pages at the WV Coal Mining Site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvcoal/ that have some information, and if anyone has any further information about coal mining in West Virginia or if you know of places to look, then please email me so I can put that information up for others at the coal mining site for West Virginia. Books to Purchase at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvcoal/purchase.html Lookup volunteers at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvcoal/look.html Mining Disasters at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvcoal/disaster.html The WV Coal mining site also has a queries board, and a section for memorials to miners if anyone would like to write a little bio or put pictures of their relative that worked in the mines, Gracie