MONONGAH, WV
This Marion County coal camp was the scene of the worst coal mining disaster in American history. On December 7, 1907 an explosion in the mine (in the Pittsburgh seam) caused the deaths of 361 coal miners, mostly immigrants
from Southern and Eastern Europe. The operator of the Monongah mine was the Fairmont Coal Company, actually a subsidiary of the Consolidation Coal Company.
A section of the rather large coal camp
A row of coal camp houses
Unlike may coal camps Monongah actually has a small commercial district.
This vintage shop building from the Monongah mines has survived becuase CONSOL is still using it and surrounding structures as a central repair shop for their northern WV mines.