A few examples of miner's housing in North America.
A couple of Cornish houses still extant in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
Cornish Miner's House No. 2, Mineral Point, Iowa County, WI.
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Cornish Miner's House No. 1, 114 Shakerag Alley, Mineral Point, Iowa County, WI.
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Alabama miners' houses near Birmingham, Alabama, 1935
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The Philadelphia-based Loyal Hanna Coal & Coke Company town of Cairnbrook.
SINGLE-FAMILY MINERS HOUSES, OF WOOD-FRAMED CONSTRUCTION.
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The town of Colver was built between 1911 and 1921 by the Ebensburg Coal Company.
VIEW OF LOWER TWENTY ROW LOOKING NORTH SHOWING END HOUSES, ALL WITH GREEN 1927 SHINGLES.
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There is a pretty good web site Kentucky Coal Miners
http://www.coal-miners-in-kentucky.com/Index.html Which has some photo galleries one of which is of mining camps plus other photos of interest.
The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.