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• Weston

  … .org/articles/2155. After World War II, the "strip mining":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/645 of coal increased local commerce. The glass industry enjoyed its best years during the middle of the 20th century, until foreign competition …

• James Kay

  … Kay also acquired and developed Cabin Creek coal lands. In 1909, he opened mines on … and a year later became postmaster for Coal Fork. In Charleston, he established the Elk … and this family concern continued to produce coal from the Kayford area of Cabin …

• Kaymoor

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1143. "Coal production":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … a huge international company, shipped Kaymoor coal to the Virginia coast to fuel … in Kaymoor resembled that of other coal towns. Miners were recruited from …

• MeadWestvaco

  … ;Randolph County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/8. The mine and others opened by the company were used to supply coal for locomotives and other equipment, such as log loaders and skidders. In 1937, the company built a bleached paperboard …

• Frank Keeney

  … the bastions of anti unionism, Logan and Mingo counties. The coal operators were equally determined to keep the union out. … on Logan. Keeney was acquitted. In 1922, realizing that the coal companies were unable to continue paying the war-inflated union …

• Kettle Bottom

  The term kettle bottom, in miners’ jargon, refers to a dangerous geologic formation found in the roofs of underground coal mines. Kettle bottoms increase the risk of mine roof falls. Kettle bottoms were generated in ages long past when an underground …

• Keystone

  … /1631. The town was incorporated in 1909. Serving surrounding coal "company towns":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1491, … named for Pennsylvania, the Keystone State, from which many coal officials came. Keystone was known for its " …

• Knights of Labor

  … from the UMWA led the organization to take part in the 1897 coal strike. The UMWA, with vigorous organizing campaigns, strong stands against coal operators, and growing national influence, began to eat into the Knights …

• Whipple Company Store

  The Whipple Company Store, located on State Route 612 south of Oak Hill, was built by coal operator "Justus Collins":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1473 in the early 20th century. As the commercial and social center for the mining town of …

• I. C. White

  … was that of an oil and gas geologist, his work in coal geology included extensive publications on Pennsylvania and the Appalachian basin, and a 1908 report on the coal resources of Brazil. Developing an interest in resource conservation, White …

• Widen

  … investing in central West Virginia lumber and coal lands. To extract lumber and coal, … soon became president of the Elk River Coal & Lumber Company, controlling more than … the new owners. Widen continued to produce coal until 1963, when the mine and …

• John Wilburn Trial

  John E. Wilburn, a West Virginia coal miner and Baptist minister, was one of the few people convicted of murder for his participation in the "Battle of Blair Mountain":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/532 of August and September, 1921. …

• Labor History

  … into the state’s railroads, timber, coal, and other industries. Industrialization dramatically … Although violent strikes in the "coal industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … that was most evident in the coal industry. Machinery began to replace …

• Clay County

  … county had an abundance of coal and timber, and large corporations … a major industry. Much of the coal production was centered in Widen … producing 900,000 tons of coal per year. Clay County's … ;O then carried Clay County coal to the national market. Currently …

• Layland Mine Explosion

  In 1915, the New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company operated a series of drift mines at Layland, " … that the disaster resulted from the ignition of methane propagated by coal dust, but state officials insisted that careless blasting of a …

• Cliftonville Mine Battle

  … a Brooke County gun battle was among the state’s deadliest labor-management encounters. The battle took place at the Richland Coal Company’s Clifton mine, east of "Wellsburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/983 near the Pennsylvania line, …

• Lewis County

  … southern coalfields of West Virginia. However, some coal of lesser quality began to be mined … early as 1907, and strip mining of coal occurred in all parts of the … the southern part of the county, hauling coal from Braxton, Webster, and Nicholas counties …

• John L. Lewis

  … the son of an immigrant Welsh coal miner. Lewis began his mining career … years for the mine workers’ organization. Coal companies, using sympathetic governmental and court … acceptance of increased mechanization in union coal mines. Through his long career, …

• Coalfield Baseball

  … the 20th century, especially in the coalfields. Coal companies looked for good players, … and television spelled the destruction of coal town baseball. The once vibrant Raleigh … sad. ‘‘These coalfields are gone, these coal camps. Nobody lives here much now. …

• Coalfield Doctors

  Coal company doctors once provided a large part of the primary medical care West … to support a regular medical practice. Thus, the coal companies had to bring in their own … fees. Many doctors covered more than one coal camp, but the camps were almost always …

• Wyoming County

  … heart of West Virginia’s southern "coal":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … of timbering, natural gas production, and coal mining pushed the population to 20, … Virginia but had the fourth largest coal workforce (872). Financier "I. T …

• Coke Making

  … until the 1840s, when unprocessed anthracite coal was widely adopted for furnace fuel. Coke made from bituminous coal displaced anthracite as the leading blast … ovens were loaded or ‘‘charged’’ with coal and sealed with firebricks to restrict …

• Yellow-Dog Contract

  … device, used especially in the "coal industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … -dog contracts were supplied to the coal operators by their regional operators associations … short versions. In the contract the coal company stated that it would not …

• C. E. Lively

  Labor spy Charlie Everett Lively (March 6, 1887-May 28, 1962) was a coal company agent who befriended "Sid Hatfield":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/282, the police chief of Matewan. Lively then turned against him in the "Matewan …

• Locks and Dams

  … dams were built on the "Coal River":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … dam was built on the Little Coal River. More than a half- … coal was shipped on the Coal River before and shortly after the … its vast resources of timber and coal. Five locks and dams were …