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• Logan

  … For many years it has been a hub of the eastern "coal industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349. The city’s … 1929, which marked the end of the expansion of the local coal industry. At its height during World War II, many businesses …

• Logan County

  … Andrew Nighbert, Ragland worked to build a coal and railroad economy. Nighbert, Ragland, and … 1919–21 mine strike in Mingo County. Coal power was represented politically by & … Party. During and after the war, coal companies "mechanized":https://www. …

• Madison

  … is located on the headwaters of "Coal River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … Laidley or for Madison Peyton, the coal operator for whom Peytona on Big … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/728, "coal":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Justus Collins

  … . In Mercer County, Collins organized Louisville Coal & Coke Company about 1887, … Glen Jean, Fayette County, opened Greenbrier Coal & Coke at about the same … Company, and Collins organized Superior Pocahontas Coal. He opened Winding Gulf mine in …

• Company Stores

  The company store proliferated in coal mining, lumber, and textile company towns as … on display in the glass cases. As coal companies consolidated into larger and larger … trying to hold onto the business of coal town residents. Since companies could no …

• Man Trip

  In coal mining, a _trip_ refers to a train of mine cars used to haul coal, supplies, or miners into or out of a mine. A man trip is a trip primarily transporting miners. Additionally, the elevators in vertical shaft mines are also known as man trips. In …

• I. T. Mann

  … interview received backing for an ambitious scheme to acquire coal bearing lands in McDowell County from the Philadelphia- … three decades, ‘‘Ike’’ Mann held vast holdings in coal, timber, and especially financial institutions, with investments scattered …

• Company Towns

  … with the development of industry, particularly coal mining. As railroads penetrated the … changed to energetic company towns. In coal country, a company town consisted … towns existed almost entirely within the coal industry. Timber companies operated rough …

• Marion County

  … Great fortunes were made in "coal":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … and Watsons, who founded "Consolidation Coal Company":http://www.wvencyclopedia … university, FirstEnergy Service, Marion County Coal Resources, and Walmart. "Coach …

• William Casey Marland

  … the state’s natural resources, principally coal. The legislature, dominated by the coal industry and the Chamber of Commerce, repeatedly beat back attempts by … ideas have been implemented, including the coal severance tax, economic diversification, a …

• Consolidated Bus Lines

  … the mines. After working long enough to repay the coal company his transportation expenses, he worked at different locations … automobile. Capitalizing on that interest, he started by driving coal company executives on their rounds and in 1921 established …

• Marshall County

  … mills by 1900. The production of lumber, coal, coke, limestone, and clay developed into … in the 1950s and 1960s included coal mining, electric power generation, carbon, … , the county school system, Marshall County Coal Resources (a subsidiary of American …

• Mountaintop Removal Mining

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/816, coal companies, and the "United Mine … some candidates emphasized their support of coal mining, while others were outspoken … doing more. Meanwhile, Republicans and the coal industry campaigned that Obama had …

• Museums

  … Museum at West Virginia University is the only pharmacy museum. There are two coal institutions. The Exhibition Coal Mine and Coal Camp in Beckley exhibits methods of mining and mining artifacts. There are six …

• Mason County

  … gas":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1600 wells, and "coal mines":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 were … began in West Columbia (where George Washington had seen a ‘‘coal hill on fire’’) in 1847 and neighboring Clifton in …

• National Historic Landmarks

  … the northeastern corner of the state, "Preston County’s":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1915 "Elkins Coal & Coke Company Historic District at Bretz":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/648 contains one of the nation’s …

• National Mine Health and Safety Academy

  … 600 students, dormitory space for 174 people, as well as a coal/rock dust lab, mine simulation lab, simulated surface mine, … of miners through education and training. The academy serves not only coal mines but also mines producing sand and gravel, gold, …

• Contentment

  … rooms on the western end, and lengthened the porch. Imboden and David T. Ansted, an English geologist, were instrumental in opening coal mines in Fayette County, and when the settlement near the house was incorporated as a town in 1891 it was named for …

• Natural Resources

  … groups, including geological formations such as coal, oil, natural gas, and other … modern equipment allow efficient recovery of coal underground. Modern explosives and huge … 21st century. Pollution is evident from coal mining, highways, poultry and other …

• John Jacob Cornwell

  … rhetoric incorporated socialism, Bolshevism, and organized labor into one vast conspiracy. Cornwell’s inflammatory pronouncements during national coal and steel strikes in 1919 and during the West Virginia "Mine Wars":http://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• McDowell County

  … labor needs of the new mines. As coal companies recruited immigrants from southern and … The primary employers include numerous small coal mines, the state of West Virginia … these municipalities, however, usually in former coal company towns. There are three …

• New River

  … a major collecting and shipping point for coal trains from surrounding mines. Downstream is … memories of mine families. Fayette Station, a coal mining community that survives in name … River Gorge Bridge far above. The coal and timber booms followed the & …

• New York Central

  … For many years it carried a significant amount of timber and coal, and in 1916 six passenger trains a day operated from … Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad were dedicated to transporting coal from the West Virginia mines immediately north of the Kanawha …

• Bill McKell

  Coal operator William ‘‘Bill’’ McKell (March 1, 1871-August 1939) was born in … Fire Creek seams of high quality ‘‘smokeless’’ coal in the New River Coalfield. Young … -1930s McKell was facing competition from other coal operations, such as the New River …

• McKendree Hospital

  … New River Gorge in West Virginia to the coal and timber industry. By the turn of the century numerous coal mines were in operation, and many accidents … McKendree’s patients were miners. Patients other than coal miners were charged $1.59 per day in …