Photos in Memory of Marvin, Bruce, and Paul Hopkins.
Here is a link to an article about an employee who worked for Republic Steel for 32 years:
Here is a link to a piece about an employee of Republic Steel:
http://www.potterflats.com/coalmine.html
Here is a link to a court case, Republic Steel Corporation versus Adkins:
https://casetext.com/case/republic-steel-corporation-v-adkins
Thank you for posting these pictures. I lived in the clubhouse, which my mother took care of from 1960, November 1, until 1977. Republic Steel was a GREAT company to work for. I just retired from the coal industry in 2021 after 48-years of service in the industry. I got to meet many great people who lived in those 12 camp houses, which you can see in the one picture of the clubhouse. Met incredible people that worked at the prep plant and underground. God really blessed me with all these people, through this time period, the kids I grew up with and their parents, that watched over all of us kids. It was just like having an extended family. I think of those days quite often and find myself wishing I could go back in time to those days and freeze them. Thanks for creating this website.
I ran the warehouse from 1975 through 1980 when they shut her down. I hope to find some of the pictures i had, I took in my teenage years. If I would come up with any, would you like to look at them? I know I had a few, from up in the headhouse, which is on top of the hill above the prep plant, looking down the rope/button conveyor that drug the coal downhill to the 500-ton bin at the bottom.
In the photo of the men standing at mine entrance , this was the mine rescue team. They had won an award in competition. The individual at the left was my father Lawrence Smith. The photo would have been in the mid 50’s.
Larry thank you for the information on Lawrence Smith. Would you know the names of the other gentlemen?