King Coal Highway, Mingo, Logan, McDowell, Wyoming and Mercer Counties WV, and Tazewell County VA
Title | King Coal Highway, Mingo, Logan, McDowell, Wyoming and Mercer Counties WV, and Tazewell County VA PDF eBook |
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Pages | 386 |
Release | 2000 |
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Coalfields Expressway, McDowell, Wyoming and Raleigh Counties
Title | Coalfields Expressway, McDowell, Wyoming and Raleigh Counties PDF eBook |
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Pages | 404 |
Release | 1999 |
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Coal Country
Title | Coal Country PDF eBook |
Author | Coal Country, inc |
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Pages | 16 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Coal |
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EIS Cumulative
Title | EIS Cumulative PDF eBook |
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Pages | 714 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Environmental impact statements |
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EIS.
Title | EIS. PDF eBook |
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Pages | 172 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Environmental impact statements |
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Editor & Publisher
Title | Editor & Publisher PDF eBook |
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Pages | 924 |
Release | 1941 |
Genre | Journalism |
ISBN |
The fourth estate.
McDowell County Coal and Rail
Title | McDowell County Coal and Rail PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Chatman |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1467121924 |
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. .