Last Friday, the Obama Administration announced that there will be a three year moratorium on authorizing leases for coal mining on federal land. The decision is in the wake of both environmental and pricing concerns around coal leases. The BLM has been constantly scrutinized for its pricing of public land leases with concern that artificially low prices destabilize the market…
Category: Coal
Portal 31
Kentucky’s First Exhibition Coal Mine A trip to the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum would be incomplete without a visit to Portal 31. Only a couple miles drive away, visitors can travel into the early days of coal mining and experience the evolution of the industry in a series of vignettes staged throughout a ride in Portal 31. Like neighboring Benham, Lynch…
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
Nestled among the Appalachian Mountains is a testament to one of the region’s core industries. The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum houses four floors of artifacts, dioramas, and other displays covering coal mining in eastern Kentucky, the men and women whose lives were effected, and the rich culture that has emerged from it. Two Towns The museum focuses on coal mining…