MEAD

The mining camp of Mead was originally called Vanwood, ran by the Wood Sullivan Coal Co. It opened in the 1910's. The next operator was the C.H. Mead Coal Company, and later the Comago Coal Co.

People still living in coal camp houses in Mead.

The superintendent's house up on the hill looking down on the peon miner's homes. This was part of the psychological warfare between the companies and the workers.

A forlorn foreman's house on the hill above the camp

Ruins of the tipple

The slate dump at Mead.

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