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• McKinley’s Palace

  … to Wheeling in 1893, and by 1908 had become a millionaire coal operator. He was named for his uncle, the industrialist and U … billiards room, and, in the basement, a mine that provided coal for the furnace. The mansion was furnished with treasures from the …

• Nicholas County

  … 1 square miles, with economic resources including bituminous coal, limestone quarries, timber, fruit farms, … factory. Later in the 20th century, coal led another economic surge, until the "coal industry":http://articles softened in the 1970s and …

• Norfolk & Western Railway

  … Ohio and southwest Virginia, the development of coal loading docks in Norfolk, major improvements … several additional branch lines to tap coal resources. The most important of the … West Virginia. It remained primarily a coal-hauling railroad, and for most of …

• The North Branch

  … /articles/263 to Piedmont, and its completion opened rich "coal":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 and " … its living largely by industry and by natural resource extraction. Coal has been mined in the North Branch region from the …

• John Nugent

  … -public position created to attract foreign labor and financed by coal companies. Nugent resigned as president of District 17 and was … Kentucky, where he became an official with the Consolidation Coal Company. He died in Letcher County, Kentucky, December 7 …

• Nuttallburg

  … a once-thriving New River Gorge coal town, was located at the … , and later pioneered the southern West Virginia coal industry. He bought coal lands on New River beginning in 1870 for $2 to … worked hard to have his Nuttallburg Coal & Coke Company ready to …

• Nylon

  … . The coke was produced at the Belle site from West Virginia coal. From 1937 until 1939, four pilot plants were built at Belle … from Belle Works nylon salt, made from West Virginia water, and coal. Nylon salt continued to be produced at the Belle Works until …

• Oak Hill

  … century as a result of the "coal industry":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … leaders such as businessman, banker, and coal operator Charles T. Jones, who with … in southern West Virginia lost population as coal employment declined in the late 1900s, …

• Mechanization Agreement

  … org/articles/835 and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association is referred to … it authorized extensive mechanization in union coal mines. Mechanization had been increasing … prior to the 1950 agreement, major coal companies representing the steel companies …

• Mercer County

  … the Civil War, as railroads and coal mining rapidly industrialized southern West … famed ‘‘smokeless’’ "Pocahontas No. 3 coal seam":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org … at Buckeye, Duhring, Goodwill, and Freeman. Coal mining was labor intensive, and …

• Osage and Pursglove Mine Disasters

  … , despite decades of production, the numerous coal operations of the Scotts Run district … No. 2 Mine suspended a volume of coal dust into a methane-charged atmosphere … a haulage locomotive fire spread to the coal seam. Ventilation currents carried the heavy …

• Arnold Miller

  … school in his mid-teens to become a coal miner. In 1942, Miller joined the army. … Black Lung Association lead a three-week coal strike and a march on the state … contracts. In 1974, he negotiated the national coal contract with an improved health care plan …

• Mine Safety

  … of lives annually throughout the nation. Most coal operations neglected basic safety precautions. The … in a fire at a "Farmington coal mine":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … take action. On December 30, 1969, the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act was …

• Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike

  … articles/1799. The strike began on April 18, 1912, when the coal operators on Paint Creek near Charleston rejected the demand of their … UMWA was a tool of their competitors in the Midwest, the coal operators were determined to break the strike and drive the …

• The Mine Wars

  … and remained on strike until the coal companies agreed to their original demands. … forms of conflict occurred in numerous coal towns, including Roderfield, Willis Branch, … the Tug Fork. Determined to stop coal production, miners fought pitched battles with …

• Mineral County

  … From 1881 to 1923, 315 acres of "coal":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 … and sons among them. High-quality semibituminous coal from Davis’s Big Vein was … , was a key railroad point from which coal and produce were shipped. Keyser was …

• Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company

  … band sawmill on Cherry River at Coal Siding in 1905. This was … operated nine deep mines and seven coal tipples in Webster County between … , producing 23 million tons of coal. At its peak the company … than 140,000 acres of timber, coal, oil, and gas properties …

• Miners for Democracy

  … the coalfields during the energy crisis of the 1970s. Although important reforms in union procedures were made and a favorable coal industry contract was negotiated in 1974, President Arnold Miller managed to get reelected only by a plurality of votes in …

• Miners Health Plan

  … Boone, revealed that retired and disabled coal miners were living in conditions … inadequate housing and considerable poverty. Moreover, coal miner families experienced rates of … point between the UMWA and coal industry management. Some companies operating …

• Miners Hospitals

  … new occupations to the Mountain State. "Coal mining":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … of their patients from the surrounding coal mines. Miners Hospital No. One opened … of the local doctor’s office or coal company clinic. The hospitals served for …

• The Miners’ March

  The 1921 Miners’ March on Logan was probably the largest armed uprising in American labor history. It involved more than 15,000 coal miners opposed by more than 5,000 mine guards, deputy sheriffs, and state police, 2,500 U.S. soldiers, and 14 bombing …

• Miners’ Vacation

  … with the establishment of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association to conduct collective … unionized mine workers. West Virginia’s coal miners overwhelmingly belonged to the … for the annual miners’ vacation. With coal mining the dominant economic activity …

• Department of Mines

  … Julian, Boone County. Although commercial "coal mining":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … keep pace with changes in the coal industry, including advances in technology … inspections at mines, quarries, and coal-handling facilities and 975 inspections …

• Mingo County

  … and others. Mingo County has vast coal deposits. "Commercial mining": … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1364 of coal mines and other causes, including … the county school system, Mingo Logan Coal Company, Coalfield Community Action Partnership, …

• Mining Methods in the Hand-Loading Era

  … entries. The rectangular block of coal outlined by the side entries … entry width. The miners loaded coal by hand. Hand loaders owned … a pick to undercut the coal three to four feet deep … that suspended and ignited the coal dust. After shooting, miners loaded …