The Franklin County Coal Company Mine No. 5 taken by Arthur Rothstein in January 1939. The structure at right-center is the tipple and preparation plant for the mine, and a number of rail cars can be seen passing beneath it to be filled with coal. The structure to the left of the tipple is a combination hoist engine and boiler house. An electrical substation appears in the left foreground. The building in the background at far right is believed to be the carpenters shop. (Library of Congress).
Site plan showing features identified during the survey of the Taylor No. 5 Mine Site. Dashed lines indicate the approximate outlines of buildings illustrated on the historic mine map but no longer readily visible above grade.
View of the mine office, looking east. The supply house (Feature 3), appears in the background.
The interior space in the building was divided between two office rooms and a vault. The vault was fireproofed and would have been used to store important records and the mine payroll.
The miners' cottages at Freeman Spur with the Franklin County Coal Company Mine No. 5 in the background. The mine tipple appears in the distance, in between the two residences, while the mine office can be seen at the far right. Arthur Rothstein took this photograph in January 1939 while working for the United States Farm Bureau (Library of Congress).
View of the washhouse (Feature 4), looking north. The wide sliding doors represent later additions to the building. Another modification made to the building involved the removal of ventalation monitors from the roof.
Floor plan of the washhouse, showing as-built conditions. The two large changing rooms were used by miners and had a common shower room located between them. Mine foreman used a separate, smaller changing room on the east end of the building.
