Employees of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company at Bessie Mine in Jefferson County in 1910. Child laborers were common in coal mines in the early twentieth century and worked 12-14 hour days.
Employees of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company at Bessie Mine in Jefferson County in 1910. Child laborers were common in coal mines in the early twentieth century and worked 12-14 hour days.