Scott's Run, West Virginia, USA, Worked out coal mine near Pursglove mine No. 4 camp, Scene taken from main highway. This scene is typical of a dozen or more mines that have been closed and left to decay in the community. Note trees killed by mine operations and mine cars left to the elements, March 1937, Lewis Hine, 1874-1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform.