Eclipse Mine- Hocking Valley Mining Company
Posted by littlecitiesarchive on August 19, 2010
Eclipse Mine- Hocking Valley Mining Company
Eclipse 1900’s
LC-PH- 383
The Little Cities Archive
Shawnee, Ohio
Posted by littlecitiesarchive on August 19, 2010
Eclipse Mine- Hocking Valley Mining Company
Eclipse 1900’s
LC-PH- 383
Sally Price said
My grandfather, William J. McDonald, father, Hubert D. McDonald, and great uncle Clarence McDonald all worked here during WW II. My grandfather ran the retail coal company, called McDonald Coal Company, for Ed Cottingham, the operator of the mine. My father ran the hoist. Uncle Clarence was a machinist. My grandfather, William J. McDonald started as a coal miner in Jackson County in the Hanging Rock Region. He said he was so young when he started that he had to have wheels on his dinner bucket!
Sally McDonald Price, Corona, CA
Claudia Ludi said
Hi Mrs. Sally Price,
My name is Claudia and I am a senior studying at Ohio University.I have been researching company towns in the Athens area like Eclipse for my Politics of Appalachia course. I would love to learn more about your experiences at Eclipse. Please let me know if you would be willing to speak with me either over the phone or through email about life at Eclipse. I would greatly appreciate any information you would like to shared with me, it would be extremely beneficial to my research.
Thank you so much! Please feel free to contact me at (740) 602-3504 or by email at cl275807@ohio.edu
-Claudia Ludi