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McDowell County Coal and Rail

McDowell County Coal and Rail
Author: Jay Chatman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1467121924

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Over 200 fascinating postcard images show early coal mining in McDowell County and how it progressed throughout the years. Coal was discovered in McDowell County, located in the Billion Dollar Coalfield of southern West Virginia, in 1748, but it was not explored or mined until the early 1800s. Mill Creek Coal & Coke Company shipped the first railroad car of coal in March 1883 via the Norfolk & Western Railway. By the early 1900s, hundreds of mining companies dotted the county's landscape. The coal from McDowell County fueled the nation's home heating and steelmaking businesses and both world wars. As the coal industry developed, the local population grew; by 1950, the county had grown from a few hundred people to more than 100,000. .


Postcard History Series

Postcard History Series
Author: Jay Chatman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2014
Genre: Coal trade
ISBN:

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Coal was discovered in McDowell County, located in the Billion Dollar Coalfield of southern West Virginia, in 1748, but it was not explored or mined until the early 1800s. Mill Creek Coal and Coke Company shipped the first railroad car of coal in March 1883 via the Norfolk and Western Railway. By the early 1900s, hundreds of mining companies dotted the county's landscape. The coal from McDowell County fueled the nation's home heating and steelmaking businesses and both world wars. As the coal industry developed, the local population grew; by 1950, the county had grown from a few hundred people to more than 100,000. The postcard images in this book show early coal mining and how it progressed throughout the years.


The Smokeless Coal Fields of West Virginia

The Smokeless Coal Fields of West Virginia
Author: William Purviance Tams (Jr.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN:

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"The Smokeless Coal Fields of West Virginia is much more than a brief history of one of West Virginia's most productive coal regions. Written by a pioneer operator who served in leadership positions in the Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association. The Smokeless Operators Association, the National Coal Association and the Southern Coal Operators Association, theis [this] little book constitutes a memoir of a man and a generation that shaped our history. Tams's description of the events, companies, and personalities that built the coal industry in the New River and Winding Gulf regions fills an important gap in our understanding of that volatile time."--Ronald D. Eller, from the Introduction (on back cover).


Gary Hollow

Gary Hollow
Author: Alex P. Schust
Publisher:
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN:

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Gary Hollow is a social and mining history of what was at one time the largest coal operation in the world. Gary Hollow is located in McDowell County West Virginia. The book takes the reader from the time Shawnee Indians were taking captives down the Tug Fork River (1750) until United States Steel closed its mines in 1986. The book covers how the coal company's built the mines, schools, medical facilities, houses, roads, recreation facilities and other parts of the communities. It also discusses the roles immigrants had in developing the social community.


The Development of Underdevelopment

The Development of Underdevelopment
Author: Richard M. Simon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1022
Release: 1989
Genre: Bituminous coal industry
ISBN:

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