Superintendent Ernest Matthews at the entrance to the Republic Steel coal mine in Sayre, Alabama, which was closed in August 1972.
"Sept. 1903" is etched into the stone. At the time of its closure, the Sayre location was the oldest continuously operating coal mine in Jefferson County. This image was published in an article and photo spread ("After 69 years and tons of coal Sayre closes coal mine chapter") in...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/200708 |