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The Logan Coalfield is a coalfield located in Logan County and Wyoming County of southern West Virginia, in the Appalachia region of the eastern United States.

It is part of the National Coal Heritage Area. Coal is still mined from the Logan Coalfield, but it is no longer one of the top producing coalfields in West Virginia.

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Logan Coalfield

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The Logan Coalfield is a coalfield located in Logan County and Wyoming County of southern West Virginia, in the Appalachia region of the eastern United...

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Battle of Blair Mountain

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(called the Logan Defenders) who were backed by coal mine operators during the miners' attempt to unionize the southwestern West Virginia coalfields when tensions...

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List of coalfields

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1980) Ardley coalfield Beersville Coalfield Carbon-Thompson coalfield Comox Coalfield Crowsnest coalfield Cypress Coalfield Daly-Weaver coalfield Dominion...

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Aracoma Alma Mine accident

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costs and attorneys' fees. 2006 Sago Mine disaster Buffalo Creek flood Logan Coalfield Upper Big Branch Mine disaster "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from...

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Buffalo Creek flood

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The Buffalo Creek flood was a disaster that occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, on February 26, 1972, when a coal slurry impoundment dam burst, causing...

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Virginian Railway

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Virginia. The Virginian Railway transported coal from West Virginia Coalfields to ports in Hampton Roads. It grew in spite of competition from monopolies...

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Colorado Coalfield War

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The Colorado Coalfield War was a major labor uprising in the southern and central Colorado Front Range between September 1913 and December 1914. Striking...

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Western Coal Field

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Edmonson County Grayson County Hart County Logan County Todd County Warren County The term Western Coalfield (or Western Coal Field) is used to define...

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Copperas Mine Fork

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the Logan Coalfield. The Copperas Mine Fork's entire course and drainage area are in Logan County. The Copperas Mine Fork rises in western Logan County...

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1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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Kentucky's counties; Mondale carried 19, mostly in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield. One county–Gallatin County–split its two-party vote exactly evenly between...

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Mamie Thurman

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Holden, West Virginia on June 22, 1932. The site is about 7 miles from Logan, West Virginia. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1900. Born Mamie...

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Battle of Matewan

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a shootout in the town of Matewan in Mingo County and the Pocahontas Coalfield mining district, in southern West Virginia. It occurred on May 19, 1920...

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Bowen Basin Coalfields

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The Bowen Basin Coalfields contains the largest coal reserves in Australia. This major coal-producing region contains one of the world's largest deposits...

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Coal Wars

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exploitation of workers during a period of social transformation in the coalfields. Beginning in 1870–1880, coal operators had established the company town...

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2020 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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second consecutive election in which no county in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield voted Democratic. Furthermore, this is the first time since 1948 that...

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History of West Virginia

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the New River Coalfield in Raleigh and Wyoming counties lay the Winding Gulf Coalfield, later promoted as the "Billion Dollar Coalfield." A protégé of...

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List of battles fought in Colorado

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Battle of Berwind Canyon October 24, 1913 Berwind Coal Wars Colorado Coalfield War 1 Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency,...

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Frank Hutchison

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West Virginia Coalfields. West Virginia University. Retrieved October 3, 2021. Wickland, Jeff (November 15, 2013). "Frank Hutchison". Logan, WV History...

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Strikebreaker

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thought to originate from the 1844 Miners' Lockout in the North East Coalfield. Douglass, David John (2005). Strike, not the end of the story. Overton...

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