Raleigh County Coal Mines
N 37° 47.081 W 081° 11.790
17S E 482697 N 4181943
Located at the demonstration coal mine.
Waymark Code: WM96B7
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2010
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The county's first mine opened at Royal on the New River in 1891. The beckley Exchibition Mine, once an actual operating mine, and dozens of others throughout Raleigh County produced 792,055,155 tons of bituminous coal in the first century of the county's coal industry, 1891-1991. Employment at the county mines ran as high as 14,226 annually.
Raleigh County Historical Society, West Virginia Division of Culture and History
Marker Title: Raleigh County Coal Mines
Marker Location: Beckley Excibition Mine
County or Independent City: Raleish County
Marker Program Sponsor: Raleigh County Historical Society, West Virginia Division of Culture and History
Marker Number: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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