Search our mine disaster database containing hundreds of accidents from 1839 to the present Search through all records or specifically for Metal/Nonmetal or Coal disasters Or View From These Lists For Kentucky Only Coal Disasters Metal/Nonmetal Disasters Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 05/15/2012
The Eastern Kentucky mountaintops that Marsh owned now pastures after decades of coal mining used to be the Starfire mine that employed nearly 300 people and took out of the mountains more than 3 million tons of coal a year at its peak according to Marsh They ve been mining coal up here since the late 60s early 70s
2 Mine licensee check list Mine license application Officers and ; One certified check or money order payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer in the amount of $300 Re license will be based on the tonnage from the previous year $300 plus $100 for each additional 100 000 tons up to $1 500 maximum Ambulance form List
HENDERSON Ky — Two large underground coal mines in western Kentucky will be idled putting about 670 miners out of work
Photos courtesy Kentucky Humane Society Horses have been turned out to graze on reclaimed coal lands in Eastern Kentucky for years but with more owners abandoning their horses the effects of overpopulation are causing problems for the horses and nearby human residents Kentucky is renowned for many things including its beautiful bluegrass breathtaking
A former Eastern Kentucky coal mine is being revived into a storage facility that creates hydroelectric power Gov Andy Beshear joined officials on Thursday from the Department of Energy to announce the project in Bell County A former Eastern Kentucky coal mine is being revived into a storage facility that creates hydroelectric power
1 Auger Mining Auger mining is done with a giant machine that operates horizontally as does a brace and bit It bores into the coal seam with bits ranging in size from 2 to 7 feet in diameter forcing out the coal as a brace and bit forces out wood curls when boring into means of extracting coal is…
In recent years coal mine owners and operators have been successful with implementing other PMLUs such as building and industrial park development and 01 / 07 Industrial Park on reclaimed mine land One East Kentucky Coal Fields Regional Industrial Development Authority "The One East Kentucky Region boasts four regional industrial
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1 The Non Coal Review Branch of the Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement DMRE regulates and enforces the surface mining reclamation laws and regulations for non coal mining sites in the state which include limestone and dolomite sand gravel clay fluorspar tar sands or rock asphalt shale surface effects of dredging river sand and gravel and other vein
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LOUISVILLE Ky —With a federal investigation into technically active but non producing zombie mines set to begin in March a citizens law group in Kentucky has found production idled at
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The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum and the Benham School House Inn are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Benham Historic District Following are descriptions of all buildings in the City of Benham in addition to historical information on the city s founding and growth through 1983
The shots fired at Dixon s home recall the even deadlier organizing battles of the 1920s and 30s many in Harlan County One ambush shooting in 1937 ended with the death of union organizer Marshall Musick s 14 year old son Bennett when a shower of bullets tore through the walls of the house according to union leader George Titler s book Hell in Harlan
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Meaning when the coal mines began closing in the 1950s the abandoned camps quickly deteriorated Mine #18 was closed in December of 1962 and the buildings of the Blue Heron Kentucky were either transported to another camp or left to rot In 1976 Stearns sold the last of its mines to Blue Diamond Coal Co which itself stopped operating in 1987
The collapse of a coal mining plant in Eastern Kentucky Tuesday has left one worker dead 1 is dead and 1 trapped in 2023 Martin County KY coal mine collapse Here are 5 of the deadliest coal
After World War I the coal industry fell into a depression Supply continued to increase as mines got more efficient but without the demand driven by the war prices fell steeply Like many coal companies in the 1920s Himler Coal could not survive the downturn in the market and the company struggled financially
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In recent years coal mine owners and operators have been successful with implementing other PMLUs such as building and industrial park development and 01 / 07 Industrial Park on reclaimed mine land One East Kentucky Coal Fields Regional Industrial Development Authority "The One East Kentucky Region boasts four regional industrial
4 Kentucky s coal miners have endured much hardship throughout the history of mining life in the Bluegrass State My grandfather was a coal miner who lived in a one room log cabin with a wife and three children until the day he had miraculously saved enough pennies to get out of the mines and buy a dairy farm