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The West Virginia coal wars (1912–1921), also known as the mine wars, arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners. The West Virginia mine wars era began with the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek strike of 1912–1913 . [ 1 ]
Pocahontas Coalfield is a large high quality coal deposit in Mercer County/McDowell County, West Virginia and Tazewell County, Virginia. [4] The deposit mining started in 1883 in Pocahontas, Virginia [5] at Pocahontas Mine No. 1, now on the National Register of Historic Places. The coal seams—Pocahontas No. 3, No. 4, No. 6, and No. 11—are ...
The Hobet 21 Coal Mine site is currently defunct and in 2016, former West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin proposed developing the environmentally degraded former coal field. [1] This residential, industrial and commercial development plan is intended to offset the economic impacts from the declining coal industry, but has been called "a long ...
[3] [4] The company's founders, Quin Martin and Walter Seal Wood, are the namesakes of the town, which was built around the mine. [3] [4] All three mines previously operated by Imperial Smokeless were closed by Westmoreland in the 1970s, [5] and little record of the company exists, although Imperial Smokeless company scrip is a common collector ...
After surviving teen homelessness and domestic violence in West Virginia, 23-year-old Ireland Daugherty was finally feeling stable: She had her own apartment, a job and was studying for a four ...
That's the aim of a new effort announced this past Wednesday—Juneteenth—by the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, located in Matewan, Mingo County. The heart of the state's southern coal ...