Results for The Weir-Pittsburg Coal Field in Cherokee County
Results for The Weir-Pittsburg Coal Field in Cherokee County
The Weir-Pittsburg Coal Field in Cherokee County
The 1st Deep Mine, Scammonville, KS
In 1874 four brothers from Illinois, the Scammon brothers, pioneered new methods of mining coal in southeastern Kansas, digging the first mine shaft in Cherokee County. Although many doubted that their room-and-pillar system would work ...
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