Coal Towns in Harlan County ~ Company & Name of Mine
Ages - East Harlan Coal Co
Alva - Black Star Coal Corp - Alva No 1, 2 & Kellioka
Bardo - Bowling Coal Mining Co - Bowling
Benito - Benito Harlan Corporation
Brookside - Harlan Collieries Co - Duke Power
Benham - Wisconsin Steel Co>
Black Joe - Harlan Fox Coal Co - Harlan Fox
Cawood - Crummies Creek Coal Co - Crummies Creek 1 & 2
Chad - Meadows Harlan Coal Co - Chad
Chevrolet - Harlan Superior Coal Co - Superior
Closplint - Clover Splint Coal Co
Mary Helen Coal Co - Mine 1 & 2
Coxton - Melcroft Coal Co - Coxton & Kayn
Dayhoit - White Star Coal Co - Mine 1, 2, 3, & 4
Draper - Smith, J. L., Coal Co - Draper
Elcomb - McCombs Coal Co - McCombs
Evarts - Harlan Clover - Springton - Harlan Kellioka - Dartmont - Middleton Coal Co - Middleton -
Evarts Coal Co - Evarts - Darby Coal Co - Darby - Brown R. L., - Brown
Grey Knob - Wilson Rogers Coal Co - Mill Creek & Grays Branch
Harcrow - Harcrow Mines, Inc
Harlan - Harlan Gas Coal Co - Malcolmson - Verda Harlan Coal Co - Verda Harlan -
Tway, R. C., Coal Co - Tway - Block Coal Co - Block
Highsplint - Highsplint Coal Co & Harlan
Insul - Southern Mining Co
Kentenia - Fordson Coal Co - Mine No 2 - Banner Fork Coal Corp
Kenvir - Black Mountain Corp - Mine 30 & 31
Kildav - King Harlan Coal Co - King
Kitts - Golden Ash Coal Co - Golden Ash - Clover Leaf Coal Co - Clover Leaf
Lenarue - Southern Harland Coal Co - Lenarue - Three Point Coal Co - Coalville
Lejunior - Model Coal Co - Darby & Harlan - Berger Coal Mining Co - Benito & Berger -
Cooke & Sharpe Coal Co - Cooke & Sharpe - Brown & Sharpe Coal Co - Brown & Sharpe
Liggett - Perkins Harlan Coal Co - Perkins Harlan
Lisle - Good Coal Co
Louellen - Cornett-Lewis - Harlan & Highsplint
Lynch - U S Coal & Coke Co - Mine 31 & 32
Mary Alice - Mary Alice Coal Co
Molus - Harlan Wallins Coal Co - Molus
Nolansburg - Harlan-Splint Coal Co - Kellioka Coal Co
Pathfork - Willis Coal Co - Mill Creek No 1 & 2
Pee Vee - Looney Creek Coal Co - Mine 1 & 2
Putney - International Coal and Lumber Co
Ridgeway - Harlan-Ridgeway Mining Co - Harlan Coke & Coke Co
Rue - Southern Harlan Coal Co
Splint - Splint Coal Corp - Splint Coke & Coal Co
Stanfill - Mahan-Ellison Coal Corp
Three Point - Three Point Coal Corp
Totz - Harlan Ashless Coal Co - Harlan Ashless - Harlan Central
Twila - Creech Coal Co - Mine 1 & 2 - Clover Darby Mine Co
Verda - Harlan Wallins Coal Corp - Bear Branch
Yancy - Harlan Fuel Co
Wallins Creek - Utilities Coal Co - Kentucky King - Boone Wheeler Coal Co - Boone Wheeler
Whipple - Dixie Bell Coal Co
White Star - Harlan Fuel Co
These were towns, the coal companies, and mine names listed by the Kentucky Department of Mines & Minerals
for the year 1925. The mining of coal in all of Harlan County was accomplished by drift mining.
It has also been noted that Harlan County had the
greatest number of coal miners [10,949] for the same year. The vast majority
were American White [8,295], American Negro [1,512], and the greatest number of
ethnics were Hungarians [163].
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