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MORGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY COAL CAMPS
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COMPANY |
TOWN or COMMUNITY |
YEARS OF OPERATION |
NO. # EMPLOYED |
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White Oak Cannel Coal Company |
Caney |
1905-1907 |
80 |
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Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Company |
Cannel City |
1905-1933 |
250 |
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Eureka Cannel Coal Company |
Cannel City |
1906-1907 |
25 |
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Kentucky Buck Cannel Coal Company |
Cannel City |
1906-1913 |
250 |
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Caney Cannel Coal Company |
Caney |
1907-1907 |
15 |
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North Fork Cannel Coal Company |
Redwine |
1909-1913 |
28 |
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Lee Coal Company |
Redwine |
1909-1920 |
20 |
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Okey Meadows Mine, Inc. |
Redwine |
1923-1924 |
25 |
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Lenox Bituminous Coal Company |
Lenox |
1919-1921 |
10 |
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Lee Coal Company |
Redwine |
1924-1929 |
40 |
Other Kentucky Coal Links:
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
Kentucky Coal Miners
Women Coal Miners of Southeastern KY
Balkan, KY Coal Mining Town
Van Lear Kentucky Coal Mine Community
Lynch, Ky
Stearns, Ky
Coal Miner's Daughter Tribute
Kentucky Coal Council
Coal Links
It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew, Where the danger is double and pleasures are few, Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines, It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine. ---Merle TravisPhoto courtesy of the Library of Congress
