One of a Series of Portraits of Miners Waiting to Go Work on the 4 P.M. to Midnight Shift at the Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Company Mine #4 near Richlands, Virginia.
His Pocket Holds Red Man Chewing Tobacco Which Many of the Miners Use Because It Is Against Mine Law to Smoke Underground. Many of the Miners Also Carry Their Own Water From Home Rather Than Drink That Which Is Provided by the Coal Companies 04/1974. Photographer: Corn, Jack. Original public domain image from Flickr