The Blue Diamond Coal Strike began June 1976 when the managers at the Blue Diamond Mine failed to accept the miners chosen union, the United Mine Workers of America. The main reason the miners went on strike was for better safety in the mine. The strike lasted for two years, with the miners losing in the end. The strike was the result of two issues that occurred at the Blue Diamond Mine, union
WhatsAppعرض المزيد· Blue Diamond. The Blue Diamond complex is located in Leslie, Perry and Letcher counties in eastern Kentucky. We use room and pillar mining for our underground mines and we use the contour method for our surface mine. We mine the Hazard #4 and Elkhorn #3 seams of coal
WhatsAppعرض المزيد· I''m looking for pictures of my dad while he worked at Blue Diamond Coal Mines on Leatherwood, Ky.. My dad worked there approx. 2025 years. He retired from the mines in 1987. My dad passed away March 2, 1997. I am looking for pictures of him working in the mines or around the mines.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدAbout Blue Diamond Coal CO.: Blue Diamond Coal CO. is located at 69 Leeco Rd in Wooton, KY and is a business listed in the categories Mining Contractors, Mining, CrudeOil Production, Mining Companies, Contractors Brokers and Mining Brokers. After you do business with Blue Diamond Coal CO., please leave a review to help other people and
WhatsAppعرض المزيد· Service. Blue Diamond Mine is a drift mine that uses coal pillars to support the roof. Once the coal seam is mined, the miners start at the far end of the mine removing the coal pillar, allowing the mine''s roof to sink to the floor. When mining operations end, some 95 percent of the coal seam will have been removed and shipped to an end user
WhatsAppعرض المزيد· In 1975 it left the coal business by selling the "Justus" mine to Blue Diamond. Though still a presence in the area, the Stearns'' lumber and coal businesses rose to importance and declined in this region in less than 75 years. Coal camps owned and operated by the Stearns Company in the region have even shorter histories.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدRobert K. Hower, The Blue Diamond Mines, Leatherwood, KY, 1975, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the
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WhatsAppعرض المزيدDay shift miners at Crummies Creek Coal Co. Mine April 8, 1940. Manchester Coal Co. near Pittsburg, Laurel County, KY 1895. Blue Diamond Mines, KY 1922. Coal Face Nisbett Mine St. Bernard Coal Co. Earlington, KY. Flag Coal, HazardStar Coal Co. 1922. Hazard Coal Seam 1921.
WhatsAppعرض المزيد· Blue Heron, also known as Mine No. 18, is a former coal mining community that opened in 1937 and operated until December 1962 when operations were no longer profitable. 3 The town was abandoned, and the buildings were either removed or collapsed.
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WhatsAppعرض المزيد· Blue Diamond #75 is an underground coal mine in Perry County, KY, owned by James River Coal Company.
WhatsAppعرض المزيد· Blue Diamond Coal Mine The Blue Diamond complex is located in Leslie, Perry, Letcher and Harlan counties in eastern Kentucky, and consists of four Companyoperated mines and two contract mines, all of which are underground mines.
WhatsAppعرض المزيد· The Blue Diamond complex is located in Leslie, Perry, Letcher and Harlan counties in eastern Kentucky, and consists of four Companyoperated mines and two contract mines, all of which are underground mines. They use room and pillar mining to mine the Hazard #4 and Alma seams of coal and their contract mine operators use the same method to mine the Leatherwood seam.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدHistory of Mine. Bardo Coal Mining Company was founded in Bardo, Kentucky in 1921 and operated until 1958. Blue Diamond Coal Company was founded in Chevrolet, Kentucky in 1918 and continues to operate in Knoxville, Kentucky. Wallins Creek Coal Company was founded in Wallins, Kentucky in 1912 and operated until 1919.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدMine ID: Current Operator: Blue Diamond Coal Company Please Note: Blue Diamond Coal Company has been the current operator since 2/1/1998 No Accidents have occurred at #74 currently operated by Blue Diamond Coal Company between 01/01/2009 and 10/31/2011.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدthis is a coal mine store scrip ten cent trade token used by the blue diamond coal company located at blue diamond, kentucky perry county. note that "the" "co" missing on the reverse.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدBlue Diamond and its subsidiaries have identical officers and directors. Scotia Coal Company was the first subsidiary formed by Blue Diamond and operates the mine in Lechter County, Kentucky. Blue Diamond Mining, Inc., a second subsidiary formed by Blue Diamond, operates the Leatherwood mines.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدAnthracite derives from the Greek anthrakítēs (ἀνθρακίτης), literally "coallike". Other terms which refer to anthracite are black coal, hard coal, stone coal, dark coal, coffee coal, blind coal (in Scotland), Kilkenny coal (in Ireland), crow coal or craw coal, and black diamond. "Blue Coal" is the term for a oncepopular and trademarked brand of anthracite, mined by the Glen
WhatsAppعرض المزيدAnd fewer and fewer carry the scars, stained blue by the coal dust that tattoos their wounds. There are just 12 family anthracite mines left in Pennsylvania, down from 60 in 1995 and 140 a decade
WhatsAppعرض المزيد25 Photos of Kentucky Coal Camps During the 1930s and 1940s. Kentucky is home to Pike County, which is the largest supplier of coal in the However, we were also home to many other coal companies all across the state. Each one had their own store, settlement and set up for miners.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدKentucky / Blue Diamond Mine Strike #49219. public showing or public display may be prohibited by copyright laws. (Studio) Coal miners continue strike against Blue Diamond Coal Company mine, near Stearns, Kentucky, because of safety standards. Strike began almost 1 year ago.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدThe coal from Bonny Blue was marketed under the name "Blue Diamond ia Coal," and later, "Bonny Blue Red Ash Coal." (Circa 1926 image from The Coal Trade Bulletin via Google Books) Elevation view of the Bonny Blue Coal Company''s tipple, with shaker screens inside, loading booms for "lump" and "egg" coal, and chutes for "slack" coal and house coal wagons.
WhatsAppعرض المزيدIf you would supply me with an EMail address I could scan the pics I have and send them to you. I have one large pic of all the miners setting down with their lunch buckets. the pic is a 19″ long 8″ wide. The writing on the corner says Blue Diamond Coal Co. Bonny Blue Va. June 19, 1940 No. 3 Butt Day Crew.
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