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![["Outlook for legislation that will affect the coal industry is being discussed by Congressman Arch A. Moore, Jr. (center) with Robert E. Lee Hall, vice president of the National Coal Association (right) and G. Don Sullivan associate director of Government Relations. They agreed that residual oil imports and subsidized atomic electric power are the major threats to continued increase in coal output, which that year will exceed 500 million tons. West Virginia's production, which accounts for almost one-third of the nation's total, is running at more than 7 percent above the 1964 output."]](/thumb/am2862_moore_0664 "Photograph of Congressman Moore, Robert E. Lee Hall, and G. Don Sullivan")
- Identifier:
- am2862_moore_0664
- Title:
- Photograph of Congressman Moore, Robert E. Lee Hall, and G. Don Sullivan
- Date:
- 1965
- Publisher:
- West Virginia & Regional History Center
- Subject Personal:
- Hall, Robert E. Lee, Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015, Sullivan, G. Don
- Subject Topical:
- Coal mines and mining, Coal miners--West Virginia, Legislation, Governors--West Virginia , Legislators--United States, Coal
- Subject Corporate:
- National Coal Association
- Location:
- United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
![["Governor Arch A. Moore signing the Black Lung bill (House Bill No. 1040) that ended a three-week strike by 42,000 coal miners. This was the first legislation in the country recognizing black lung as a compensable occupation disease."]](/thumb/am2862_moore_1115 "Photograph of Governor Moore signing the Black Lung bill")
- Identifier:
- am2862_moore_1115
- Title:
- Photograph of Governor Moore signing the Black Lung bill
- Date:
- 1972-03-11
- Creator:
- AP Wire Photo
- Publisher:
- West Virginia & Regional History Center
- Subject Personal:
- Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015
- Subject Topical:
- Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--West Virginia, Legislation, Coal miners, Governors--West Virginia , Signing statements (Legislation), Lungs--Dust diseases, Black Lung Strikes, West Virginia, 1969, Coal miners--West Virginia, Strikes and lockouts--Law and legislation
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
