The Marion County Coal Miners Museum is a small, two room structure nestled in Sequatchie Valley of Eastern Tennessee. The museum is a passion project launched by seven local, retired coal miners who have collected artifacts to preserve the history of the coal industry in Marion County. The History Tennessee has had a long industrial history of coal mining. It began in small quantities…
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Exhibition Coal Mine
Exhibition Coal Mine Museum is nestled in the West Virginian town of Beckley, along the beautiful New River Park. The museum is part of an impressive compound of historic structures and artifacts tracing the history of the coal industry in West Virginia. Visitors can explore coal mining history in exhibits of mining equipment, a guided mine tour, and restored historic structures relocated from company…
Understanding Maps
The time has come for a over of our mapping services to clear the way for further development of handy tools for our users. As such, this month we have rolled out a new map format to better allow our users to quickly peruse coal mining leases by disposition. In order to keep the maps as clutter free as possibly,…
Welcome!
We are excited to have launched The Coal Fields! There is a lot of coal mining that occurs across the US. While much of this is occurring on public lands, few people are able to discover the “who,” “what,” and “where” of public coal claims. Though this is a matter of public record, we aim to make it a matter of a simple…