Kentucky Coal Mine Maps
2019-4-16 Kentucky Coal Mine Map
Kentucky Coal Production, Kentucky Geological Survey
2019-9-19 First significant surface mining: Hopkins County, 98,200 tons, 1922. Largest annual production by county: Pike County, 35.7 million tons, 1999. Largest total cumulative production by county: Pike County, 1.33 billion tons, 1904–2001. Back to "Kentucky Coal Information".
Coal Mining in Kentucky & Webster County
2018-8-26 Coal Mining in Western Kentucky.Samuel Casey and associates began mining in Union County. An 1856 lawincorporating the Hopkins County mining and Manufacturing Company authorized thesale of $5 million in stock, but the Civil War frustrated the project.
Coal Mining, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of
2019-9-18 According to the Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals, 131.8 million tons of coal was mined in Kentucky in 2000; 62 percent (81 million tons) was from underground mines and 38 percent (50 million tons) was from surface mines. There were 264 active underground mines and 240 active surface mines in Kentucky in 2000.
Coal Mines in Harlan County Kentucky USGenWeb
2015-1-25 Coal Mines in Harlan County Kentucky Compiled from Dodrill's 10,000 Coal Company Stores each listing contains the following COMPANY COMMUNITY COUNTY YEARS OF OPERATION EMPLOYEES. Ages Ridge Coal Company Ages Harlan 1914-1915 75 East Harlan Coal Company Ages Harlan 1916-1932
Kentucky Quarterly Coal Report Kentucky Energy and
2019-5-10 Preliminary data indicate that Perry County was the top coal producing county in eastern Kentucky during the first quarter of 2019 by mining just over 835 thousand tons, a 4.5 per- cent decrease from the previous quarter and a 17.1 percent decrease on a year-over-year basis.
Table 2. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State
2020-9-29 U.S. Energy Information Administration Annual Coal Report 2019 Underground Surface Total Coal-Producing State and County Number of Mines Production Number of Mines Production Number of Mines Production Luzerne - 5 375 5 375 Lycoming - 1 120 1 120 Mercer - 1 10 1 10 Northumberland 3 10 10 291 13 302 Schuylkill 5 45 25 1,355 30 1,400
19 Rare Vintage Photos That Show Kentucky's Coal
2016-12-30 P V & K Coal Company, Clover Gap Mine, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky. Taken September 1946. 19. A coal miner by the name of George Hoskins
Ohio County, Kentucky History: Coal Mining
2012-7-19 In 1820 the first commercial coal mine, known as the "McLean drift bank" opened in Kentucky, near the Green River and Paradise in Muhlenberg County; and Kentucky has been mining coal ever since. 1899 REPORT MINES OPERATING IN OHIO COUNTY, KY MCHENRY MINE at McHenry
Kentucky's coal country dominates list of worst places
2019-3-14 Martin County, located in Eastern Kentucky, is one of several counties on this list to be severely impacted by the decline of the U.S. coal industry.
Coal Mines in Harlan County Kentucky USGenWeb
2015-1-25 Coal Mines in Harlan County Kentucky Compiled from Dodrill's 10,000 Coal Company Stores each listing contains the following COMPANY COMMUNITY COUNTY YEARS OF OPERATION EMPLOYEES. Ages Ridge Coal Company Ages Harlan 1914-1915 75 East Harlan Coal Company Ages Harlan 1916-1932
Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Letcher County
Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Letcher County. Coal Operators Oral History Project (See more) (Collection) These interviews with major coal operators document their personal histories and the history of the coal industry in eastern Kentucky during the twentieth century. Kentucky communities discussed include Artemus, Burdine, Jenkins, Jellico
Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Johnson County
Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Johnson County. Coal Operators Oral History Project (See more) (Collection) These interviews with major coal operators document their personal histories and the history of the coal industry in eastern Kentucky during the twentieth century. Kentucky communities discussed include Artemus, Burdine, Jenkins, Jellico
19 Rare Vintage Photos That Show Kentucky's Coal
2016-12-30 Kentucky’s coal miners have endured much hardship throughout the history of mining life in the Bluegrass State. My grandfather was a coal miner who lived in a one room log cabin with a wife and three children until the day he had miraculously saved enough pennies to get out of the mines
Ohio County, Kentucky History: Coal Mining
2012-7-19 Central Coal & Iron Co., Render Mine, Render, Ohio County, KY 1895 It is estimated that 266.72 million tons of coal have been extracted from mines in Ohio County and 1,292.11 million tons remain in reserve in Ohio County.
8 Fascinating Photos of Kentucky's Coal Mining Past
2019-7-16 These photos of Kentucky’s coal mining past may conjure up feelings of intrigue, sadness, fascination, or even remembrance. For every Kentuckian, they likely promote a sense of pride for the incredibly hard work and dedication these families had to this life that was and is a huge part of this region of Kentucky.
Kentucky Quarterly Coal Report
2019-5-10 Kentucky mines accounted for 61 percent of Kentucky coal production while eastern Kentucky accounted for 39 percent. In the first quarter of 2019, surface mines in Kentucky pro-duced just under 2 million tons of coal, a 6.3 percent de-crease from the fourth quarter of 2018. Underground mines accounted for 81 percent of coal production in the
Benham Coal Company Records University of Kentucky
Biography / History Located on the eastern side of Harlan County, Kentucky, Benham is a coal town developed by the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harvester.Beginning in 1910 with a purchase of 6000 acres near the community of Poor Fork (now Cumberland), the town was built as the coal was dug and the L & N Railroad constructed a spur from Pineville in Bell County.
Table 2. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State
2020-9-29 U.S. Energy Information Administration Annual Coal Report 2019 Table 2. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State, County, and Mine Type, 2019 (thousand short tons) Underground Surface Total Coal-Producing State and County Number of Mines Production Number of Mines Production Number of Mines Production Alabama 7 11,980 22 2,144 29 14,124
Employment Records from the old Kentucky-Jellico
2021-6-1 Mr. Peace was given the copied records by John Bill Martin, formerly of Laurel Country, Kentucky, whose late father, Albert "Ab" Martin, worked for the mining company. Below is a table that features a selection of key information from the copied records now housed at the KHM.
Coal Mining, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of
2019-9-18 Shaft mines are the deepest mines; a vertical shaft with an elevator is made from the surface down to the coal. In western Kentucky, one shaft mine reaches 1,200 feet below the surface. In room and pillar mining, the most common type of underground coal mining, coal seams are mined by a continuous miner that cuts a network of "rooms" into the seam.
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum (Benham) 2021 All
The best museums tell a story which draws the visitor into the context of the subject. While the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum is chock full of mining and camp life-related artifacts, the story is missing. And the story of coal mining in Appalachia is a great one. Coal drove the industrial revolution in the USA, and the miners made this possible
Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Johnson County
Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Johnson County. Coal Operators Oral History Project (See more) (Collection) These interviews with major coal operators document their personal histories and the history of the coal industry in eastern Kentucky during the twentieth century. Kentucky communities discussed include Artemus, Burdine, Jenkins, Jellico
Van Lear, Kentucky Home of the Coal Miners' Museum
2019-7-13 Van Lear, Kentucky, was incorporated in 1912 in Johnson County. Named for Van Lear Black, a director of Consolidation Coal Company, the town owes its existence to the entrepreneurial efforts of John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo, born in Pike County, Kentucky, who taught in a one-room school near the confluence of Miller’s Creek and Sorghum Hollow.
Category:Coal mining in Kentucky Wikimedia
2020-12-13 U.S. Coal & Coke Company, U.S. ^30 & 31 Mines, Lynch, Harlan County, Kentucky. Grandchildren of W. H. Lawson who worked in the mines for sixty years, their father was injured in the mine explosion Group of miners waiting to go underground on morning shift.
Kentucky Quarterly Coal Report Kentucky Energy and
2019-5-10 Kentucky mines accounted for 61 percent of Kentucky coal production while eastern Kentucky accounted for 39 percent. In the first quarter of 2019, surface mines in Kentucky pro-duced just under 2 million tons of coal, a 6.3 percent de-crease from the fourth quarter of 2018. Underground mines accounted for 81 percent of coal production in the
COAL DEPOSITS OF PIKE COUNTY, KENTUCKY USGS
2011-6-30 Kentucky coal field, pp. 1-114, Kentucky Geol. Survey, 1887. Gives numerous measurements of coal beds, their general location, and reconnaissance correlation of the beds. 2. Brown, C. N., Mineral wealth of the Big Sandy Valley from Louisa to the head of navigation: Kentucky State Inspector of Mines Ann. Rept., 1900, pp. 203-273.
River Queen Mines. Rockport, Kentucky
2010-1-16 In 1956, Peabody Coal Company became partners with W. G. Duncan Coal Company for a new mine in Muhlenberg County and River Queen mine was born. This new mine was located west of Central City, Kentucky and mostly in an area bounded by State Highway 70 on the North, County Road 175 on the West and the Western Kentucky Parkway on the South.
Table 2. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State
2020-9-29 U.S. Energy Information Administration Annual Coal Report 2019 Table 2. Coal Production and Number of Mines by State, County, and Mine Type, 2019 (thousand short tons) Underground Surface Total Coal-Producing State and County Number of Mines Production Number of Mines Production Number of Mines Production Alabama 7 11,980 22 2,144 29 14,124
Employment Records from the old Kentucky-Jellico
2021-6-1 Mr. Peace was given the copied records by John Bill Martin, formerly of Laurel Country, Kentucky, whose late father, Albert "Ab" Martin, worked for the mining company. Below is a table that features a selection of key information from the copied records now housed at the KHM.
