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• Francis Harrison Pierpont

  … Marion and Taylor counties. He started a coal mine on family property in 1854 and entered into a partnership with coal pioneer "James Otis Watson": … whose family later controlled "Consolidation Coal Company":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org …

• Pittston Strike

  … Coal Company withdrew from the Bituminous Coal Operators Association, which had traditionally negotiated union contracts for the coal industry. Pittston then implemented a … UMWA leadership, was intended to halt coal production. The strikers occupied the …

• Pocahontas Land Corporation

  … ; Western Railway, formed the Flat-top Coal Land Association, corporate ancestor of the … oversee the purchasing and development of coal lands. With headquarters in "Bramwell& … counties. In 1901, the Flat-top Coal Land Association was reorganized as the …

• Pocatalico River

  … the Pocatalico is often referred to as the Poca River, and one record from as early as 1808 identifies it as the ‘‘Poky.’’ Coal was discovered on the Pocatalico in 1798, and mines operated in the Raymond City area for several decades prior to World War …

• Poles

  … the third-largest immigrant group working in the West Virginia coal mines. At that time, apart from native whites and African- … , and related hand tools in the world. Whether they were coal miners or factory laborers, Polish workers in West Virginia fit …

• Population

  … With increasing "mechanization in the coal mines":https://www.wvencyclopedia. … 1970s brought a resurgence in "coal mining":https://www.wvencyclopedia. … performance. None of the major southern coal-producing counties, Boone, Logan, McDowell, …

• Port Amherst

  … community as Reed. The Campbell’s Creek Coal Company from its beginning in 1865 … on company-owned barges, having first brought the coal to the river on their own … , bulk material transfer, and shipment. Madison Coal and Supply, a Port Amherst subsidiary …

• Preston County

  … 728 products, such as staves, and "coal":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … as prosperity. At Newburg, a thriving coal and railroad town, the explosion at … to the rugged terrain. While agriculture, coal, and timber are still important parts …

• Progressive Miners of America

  … new union. The conflict continued until UMW District 17 President Van A. Bittner negotiated a union-shop agreement with the local coal operators in May 1939. This union-shop agreement required any miner working at a given mine to join the UMWA. Shortly …

• Sam Dixon

  Coal operator Samuel L. Dixon (November 14, 1856-July 6, 1934) … for an uncle in the coal business. In 1893, he and … the financial backing of Boston coal dealer P. W. Sprague, and … professional management from outside the coal industry to replace him. Dixon …

• Putnam County

  … on many battlefields far from home. "Coal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 … produced more than 400,000 tons of coal a year. Much has been written … .org/articles/1972, river travel diminished. With coal mining on the north side of …

• Draft Animals

  … land compared to industrial logging. "Early coal mining":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … ‘‘mammoth mules’’ and worked in high coal seams or pulled heavy loads on … low seams to pull carts loaded with coal. Animals lived underground in some mines …

• Nick Joe Rahall

  … Rahall legislation also established the "National Coal Heritage Area":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … a district with a long history of coal mining, Rahall was a leader in … sponsor in the House of the 1992 Coal Act, working with Senators Rockefeller, …

• Railroads

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/753, local coal soon became a dominant commodity as … ;W had little through trade beyond coal, and its Cincinnati-Norfolk passenger … of very powerful diesel-electric locomotives. As coal haulers, the West Virginia railroads …

• Raleigh County

  … in the birth of the Raleigh "coal industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … still West Virginia's second leading coal-producing county, trailing only Marshall … Virginia. County population peaked with the coal industry. Offsetting the decline in …

• Eccles Mine Explosions

  … a hole through a barrier of coal in an effort to shorten the … Eccles No. 6, operating in another coal seam, and nine men in No … by a subsidiary of the Stonega Coal Company. Around 6:55 p. … electric arc ignited the gas. Fine coal particles, present in the air …

• The Economy

  … the previous decade were "Consolidation Coal Company":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … to its rugged terrain. Historically, "coal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … opportunities. During the 1980s, as coal demand weakened again, new local …

• Monongah Mine Disaster

  On December 6, 1907, a massive explosion ripped through the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, "Marion County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1504. The powerful blast, which shook the earth and was heard several miles …

• Forest Fires

  … lines. Fires in a miscellaneous category may start from hunters illegally attempting to smoke game from den trees, from burning underground coal seams, and from other causes. Lightning, a common cause of fire in western states, starts very few of West …

• Monongalia County

  … only freight moves on the Monongahela, including coal and limestone. By 1890, a " … the Marion County line, and extensive coal mining was later stimulated by the … of the thick, accessible "Pittsburgh coal seam":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org …

• Fred Mooney

  … of District 17 during Mooney’s term as secretary-treasurer. Perhaps his most lasting contribution is his book _Struggle in the Coal Fields: The Autobiography of Fred Mooney_. Here he gives firsthand accounts of key events of the Mine Wars, including the …

• Forks of Cheat

  … was the economic mainstay of the forks in the 19th century. The area also participated in the early iron industry of the region. Coal mining and natural gas were important in the 20th century. The construction of the "Cheat Lake":http://www. …

• Ephraim Franklin Morgan

  … believed the governorship enabled him to promote the interests of the state’s coal operators. So loyal were Morgan and most of the West Virginia political elite to the coal industry that a U.S. Senate Committee on Education and Labor …

• Fossils

  … rich fossil record. Fossils are found in coal mines and excavations, including road cuts. … followed the Mississippian. Pennsylvanian shales associated with coal beds contain abundant plant fossils. … up into the roof of a coal seam, resembling the bottom of a …

• Gary

  … century among West Virginia’s most productive coal mines. The model company towns making … the national industrial conglomerate. Thus, U.S. Coal & Coke was an affiliate of … its records in the Eastern Regional Coal Archives in the Craft Memorial Library …