Corrigan / McKinney Steel Company McKinney Steel Co Incorporated, Located on Marrowbone Creek. McKinney Steel Co Incorporated, Located on Marrowbone Creek.

Electric Motor bringing out loaded Mine Cars out of The Borderland Coal Company mines Electric Undercutting Machine being transported to another section of mines Borderland No. 1 Tipple and Washer Plant, with Power House. Showing 4-ton Bucket arriving via Ariel Tram from the mines from the Kentucky side. Both No.

Photos in Memory of Marvin, Bruce, and Paul Hopkins. Here is a link to an article about an employee who worked for Republic Steel for 32 years: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/02/19/miners-we-are-fighting-for-survival/a1c14874-da07-4468-ba40-1ec7c32a507c/ Here is a link to a piece about an employee of Republic Steel: http://www.potterflats.com/coalmine.html Here is a link to a court case,

This is a coal tipple located on Ohio Street in East Elkhorn. (above) Employees of Carson By-Products located on Spruce Pine Island later called Carson Island and Ohio Street in East Elkhorn City. Courtesy of Paul Clynton Mullins. (above) Both above images Are courtesy of Elkhorn City Heritage Council.

Mining the Upper Shelby Creek, Elkhorn Creek of the Levisa River, Boone Fork and Rockhouse Fork, North Fork of the Kentucky River tributaries in the early 1970’s. The machine in the picture is a Salem Auger Model-1500. Tackett-Manning Coal Corporation had several mining operations working simultaneously during the coal boom

Antebellum coal mining in Pike County was a hit-and-miss proposition, not only for entrepreneurs but for laborers, as well. Sometimes sufficient rainfall allowed the coal to be transported downriver, but dry spells just as often kept the coal boats moored to the riverbank. Even before the formation of Pike County

Old Virgie Coal Camp (above)

Bethlehem Plans Big Pike Mine Jenkins, Ky., Oct. 25—The giant Bethlehem Mines Corporation, one of the three largest mining firms in Eastern Kentucky-announced plans here Friday for developing a “multimillion dollar” underground coal mining and preparation plant in southwestern Pike County. The modern plant and mine will be located on

In 1913 a group of so-called boosters toured eastern Kentucky and stopped in county seats.  These visits just so happened to coincide with the newly booming coal industry in the mountains. Judging from the elevation from which this picture was taken, the photographer was probably standing on the platform or