Unclaimed Wages

Unclaimed Wages, originally uploaded by wlotus.

A page from the Pocahontas Colliery Unclaimed Wages Ledger (February 23, 1947 to June 12, 1955). Of the coal miners who are listed under 31 October 1951, only one never collected their wages. Some people collected their wages as much as a year later. Taken at the Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, Pocahontas, Virginia. 11 September 2009.