Mining town in Hazard, Kentucky (Image from Library of Congress)
1. Describe the houses shown above.
2. What do you think a mining company town is?
3. What kind of life do you think people in these towns lead?
4. In reference to previous photographs, how did mining companies treat their employees?
5. What do you think some advantages and disadvantages are to living in a mining company town?
6. How do you think life in a mining town was compared to life in a big city during the Industrial Revolution?
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