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After the merger the number of mines reached 110-150. [10] [28] Notable ones include Belle Ayr Mine and Eagle Butte Mine (both in Wyoming). In Coal River East, Kingston Mining, located in Kingston, West Virginia, has some of the world's most sought-after met coal. Currently, Alpha affiliates operate approximately 60 mines and 22 prep plants.
Pocahontas Coalfield, which is also known as the Flat Top-Pocahontas Coalfield, is located in Mercer County / McDowell County, West Virginia and Tazewell County, Virginia. [ 1] The earliest mining of coal in the coalfield was in Pocahontas, Virginia in 1883 [ 2] at Pocahontas Mine No. 1, now on the National Register of Historic Places. The coal ...
Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings is a historic company store and an office building located at Jenkinjones, McDowell County, West Virginia. Both buildings were designed by architect Alex B. Mahood and built in 1917. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Safety in the mines was a great concern. West Virginia fell behind other states in regulating mining conditions, and between 1890 and 1912, had a higher mine death rate than any other state. West Virginia was the site of the worst coal mining disaster to date, the Monongah Mining disaster of Monongah, West Virginia in 1907.
The West Virginia coal wars (1912–1921), also known as the mine wars, arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners. The West Virginia mine wars era began with the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek strike of 1912–1913. [ 1] With help from Mary "Mother Jones" Harris Jones, an important figure in unionizing the mine workers, the miners ...
The coal towns, or "coal camps" of Mingo County, West Virginia were situated to exploit the area's rich coal seams. Many of these towns were located in deep ravines that afforded direct access to the coal through the hillsides, allowing mined coal to be dropped or conveyed downhill to railway lines at the valley floor. [1]
Kay Moor, also known as Kaymoor, is the site of an abandoned coal mine, coal-processing plant, and coal town near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The town site is located in the New River Gorge at Kaymoor Bottom (38°03′00″N 81°03′17″W[ 2]). It is linked to the mine portal 560 feet (170 m) above on Sewell Bench (38°02′52″N 81°03 ...
Coordinates: 38°5′N 81°59′W. The Hobet 21 Coal Mine in West Virginia was operational between 1974 and 2015. Straddling the border of Boone County and Lincoln County in the Appalachian Mountains, the Hobet 21 mine was one of the largest mountaintop-removal coal mining operations in West Virginia. Originally owned by Fil Nutter, the mine ...