 Photography by Jack Corn Fireco, West Virginia April 1974 Edward Austin, 64, lives in the Black portion of Fireco, a small town near Beckley, West Virginia, in Raleigh County. He receives Black lung benefits and a United Mine Workers Pension, after working in the mines from 1925 to 1956. He has 20 children and does not regret having them one bit.
 Jack Corn Charleston, West Virginia 4/1974 Clarice Brown, 19, is a Secretary in the United Mine Workers Field Services Office in Charleston, West Virginia, Her Father was a Miner Who Died of Black Lung Disease, Caused by Shortage of Breath as the Lung Sacs are Filled with Coal Dust. Original Photograph  |
