COAL MINING IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA

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COAL MINING IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
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• Early Coupon Scrip used 1916-24

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Miners at Kaymoor, Fayette County
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coal miners in West Virginia
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Miners at Woolridge Mines, Nicholas County
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coal miners in West Virginia.
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WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINING FACTSThese facts were
supplied by the West Virginia Office of Miners
Health, Safety and Training

• Coal was first discovered in1742 by John Peter
  Salley in what is now Boone County
• Coal occurs in 53 of 55 counties only Jefferson
  and Hardy do not have any coal
• 43 counties have reserves of minable coal
• Annually 29 West Virginia counties produce coal
• McDowell County has produced more coal than any
  other county in West Virginia

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More Coal Facts

• The West Virginia Coal Industry provides about
  50,000 direct jobs in WV, including miners, mine
  contractors, coal preparation employees and mine
  supply companies
• West Virginia produces about 15 of total coal
  production in the U.S.
• Taxes paid by the coal industry and by utility
  companies that make electricity using West
  Virginia coal account for two-thirds, or over 60
  of business taxes paid in our state.
• The coal industry payroll is nearly 2 billion
  per year.

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MORE COAL FACTS

• More than 56 of the nations electricity is
  generated from coal.
• In West Virginia 99 of the electricity comes
  from coal.
• To move 2 megabytes of data on the internet
  approximately one pound of coal is used. To use
  a common example, ordering a book on the internet
  would consume about ½ pound of coal.

For more coal facts go to the West Virginia
Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training.