COMPANY |
COMMUNITY |
COUNTY |
YEARS OF OPERATION |
EMPLOYEES |
Continental Coal Corporation |
Arjay |
Bell |
1912-1915 |
450 |
Federal Coal Company |
Arjay |
Bell |
1916-1923 |
156 |
Fox Ridge Mining Company, Inc. |
Arjay |
Bell |
1943-1958 |
120 |
Landrum Coal Company |
Arjay |
Bell |
1921-1924 |
60 |
New Arjay Coal Company |
Arjay |
Bell |
1925-1929 |
60 |
Old Straight Creek Coal Corporation |
Arjay |
Bell |
1925-1933 |
120 |
Roth Coal Company |
Arjay |
Bell |
1921-1924 |
80 |
Straight Creek Coal, Inc. |
Arjay |
Bell |
1935-1940 |
75 |
Southern Mining Company |
Balkan |
Bell |
1914-1955 |
370 |
Virginia Harlan Coal Corporation |
Balkan |
Bell |
1931-1934 |
95 |
Virginia Harlan Coal Corporation |
Balkan |
Bell |
1923-1924 |
95 |
Whipple Coals, Inc. |
Balkan |
Bell |
1942-1953 |
80 |
Bell Jellico Coal Company |
Bell Jellico |
Bell |
1907-1908 |
150 |
Dean Branch Coal Company |
Bell Jellico |
Bell |
1919-1923 |
20 |
New Bell Jellico Coal Company |
Bell Jellico |
Bell |
1909-1919 |
150 |
Victor Coal Mining Company |
Besson |
Bell |
1925-1932 |
75 |
Black Star Coal Company, Inc. |
Blackmont |
Bell |
1931-1940 |
880 |
Southern Mining Company |
Blacksnake |
Bell |
1925-1926 |
15 |
Bailey Coal Company |
Blanche |
Bell |
1917-1929 |
33 |
Big Jim Coal Company |
Blanche |
Bell |
1940-1952 |
225 |
New Straight Creek Company Mine |
Blanche |
Bell |
1912-1914 |
60 |
Bellman Coal Company |
Bosworth |
Bell |
1922-1926 |
50 |
East Point Coal Company |
Bosworth |
Bell |
1917-1922 |
20 |
Log Mountain Coal Company |
Bosworth |
Bell |
1924-1932 |
330 |
Winona Coal & Coke Company |
Bosworth |
Bell |
1921-1924 |
150 |
Yellow Creek Coal Company |
Bosworth |
Bell |
1905-1923 |
250 |
Black Mountain Coal Company |
Burchfield |
Bell |
1914-1915 |
20 |
Kentucky Cardinal Coal Corporation |
Burchfield |
Bell |
1919-1920 |
150 |
Pucketts Creek Coal Company |
Burchfield |
Bell |
1915-1919 |
50 |
Asher Coal Mining Company |
Bushan |
Bell |
1910-1911 |
150 |
Creech Mining Company |
Callaway |
Bell |
1919-1921 |
35 |
Blue Star Coal Company |
Calloway |
Bell |
1926-1930 |
60 |
Kentucky Cardinal Coal Company |
Cardinal |
Bell |
1929-1932 |
150 |
Kentucky Cardinal Coal Corporation |
Cardinal |
Bell |
1933-1958 |
150 |
Vinson-Kolb Coal Company |
Cargo |
Bell |
1921-1923 |
40 |
Central Coal Company |
Cary |
Bell |
1909-1910 |
50 |
Continental Coal Corporation |
Cary |
Bell |
1911-1915 |
650 |
Federal Coal Company |
Cary |
Bell |
1916-1923 |
147 |
Left Fork Coal Company |
Cary |
Bell |
1909-1910 |
100 |
Old Straight Creek Coal Corporation |
Cary |
Bell |
1925-1933 |
220 |
Straight Creek Coal Mining Company |
Cary |
Bell |
1907-1911 |
200 |
Straight Creek Coal, Inc. |
Cary |
Bell |
1935-1940 |
150 |
Caney Creek Coal & Coke Company |
Chenoa |
Bell |
1908-1910 |
60 |
Chenoa-Hignite Coal Company |
Chenoa |
Bell |
1914-1931 |
90 |
Chenoa Coal Company |
Chenoa |
Bell |
1908-1909 |
40 |
Clear Creek Coal Company |
Chenoa |
Bell |
1908-1910 |
80 |
Kelly Coal Company |
Chenoa |
Bell |
1909-1910 |
51 |
Log Mountain Coal Company |
Chenoa |
Bell |
1911-1913 |
50 |
Crane Creek Coal Company |
Colmar |
Bell |
1917-1923 |
50 |
Southern Mining Company |
Colmar |
Bell |
1914-1955 |
155 |
Cairns Coal Company |
Davisburg |
Bell |
1933-1934 |
72 |
Log Mountain Coal Company |
Davisburg |
Bell |
1924-1932 |
113 |
Asher Coal Mining Company |
Dorothy |
Bell |
1910-1911 |
150 |
Excelsior Coal Mining Company |
Excelsior |
Bell |
1904-1906 |
175 |
Excelsior Coal & Mining Company |
Excelsior |
Bell |
1907-1907 |
125 |
Low Ash Coal Company |
Excelsior |
Bell |
1914-1914 |
20 |
Mary Moore Mines, Inc. |
Excelsior |
Bell |
1910-1913 |
100 |
Fern Lake Mining Company |
Fern Lake |
Bell |
1908-1909 |
50 |
Ferndale Coal Company |
Ferndale |
Bell |
1909-1920 |
30 |
J.C. Knuckles & Wife Mine |
Ferndale |
Bell |
1908-1908 |
20 |
Coleman Fuel Company, Inc. |
Field |
Bell |
1940-1942 |
100 |
Kentucky Ridge Coal Company |
Field |
Bell |
1917-1924 |
70 |
Kentucky Ridge Coal Company |
Field |
Bell |
1938-1958 |
200 |
Clear Fork Coal Company, Inc. |
Fonde |
Bell |
1924-1957 |
289 |
Clear Fork Coal & Coke Company |
Fonde |
Bell |
1912-1923 |
250 |
Bell County Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1909-1909 |
70 |
Black Bear Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1905-1906 |
70 |
Black Raven Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1904-1909 |
150 |
East Jellico Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1907-1917 |
200 |
Edward Blake Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1907-1909 |
80 |
Elk Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1907-1907 |
56 |
Highland Rim Mining Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1905-1908 |
150 |
Indian Creek Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1922-1923 |
100 |
J B Blue Gem Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1923-1924 |
60 |
J B Straight Creek Mining Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1918-1925 |
100 |
Joseph Manning Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1917-1919 |
40 |
Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1942-1949 |
250 |
Lewis & Campbell Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
Before 1903 |
? |
Magnet Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1914-1917 |
102 |
New Bell Jellico Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1909-1913 |
50 |
Red Ash Straight Creek, Inc. |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1926-1926 |
65 |
Utility Gas Coal Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1917-1923 |
50 |
Wallins Creek Collieries Company |
Fourmile |
Bell |
1924-1925 |
100 |
Coleman Mining Company, Inc. |
Fox Ridge |
Bell |
1907-1929 |
150 |
Straight Creek Coal & Coke Company |
Gary |
Bell |
1907-1911 |
200 |
Bellman Coal Company |
Gravity |
Bell |
1918-1922 |
50 |
Bennetts Fork Coal Mining Company |
Gravity |
Bell |
1919-1923 |
75 |
Columbia Coal Company |
Gravity |
Bell |
1907-1913 |
125 |
Gravity Coal Mining Company |
Gravity |
Bell |
1917-1923 |
20 |
Winona Coal & Coke Company |
Gravity |
Bell |
1906-1926 |
150 |
Log Mountain Coal Company |
Harrison |
Bell |
1914-1932 |
81 |
Kentucky River Coal Mining Company |
Heiner |
Bell |
1918-1928 |
200 |
Continental Coal Corporation |
Heyburn |
Bell |
1914-1915 |
40 |
Straight Creek Fuel Company |
Heyburn |
Bell |
1926-1926 |
75 |
Hosman Coal Company |
Hosman |
Bell |
1925-1930 |
75 |
J B Blue Gem Coal Company |
Hosman |
Bell |
1917-1919 |
85 |
Long Ridge Coal Company |
Hulen |
Bell |
1919-1934 |
40 |
New Long Ridge Coal Company,Inc. |
Hulen |
Bell |
1942-1949 |
60 |
Bastin Coal Company |
Idamay |
Bell |
1911-1913 |
38 |
Big Hill Coal Company |
Idamay |
Bell |
1909-1910 |
250 |
Morgan Mining Company |
Iverdale |
Bell |
1924-1924 |
50 |
Pioneer Coal Company |
Kettle Island |
Bell |
1912-1949 |
300 |
Bell Coal Company |
Little Creek |
Bell |
1940-1953 |
150 |
Crystal Coal Company |
Logmont |
Bell |
1915-1926 |
75 |
Luke & Drummond Coal Company |
Logmont |
Bell |
1909-1911 |
50 |
Sagamore Coal Company |
Logmont |
Bell |
1905-1914 |
100 |
Mathel Coal Company |
Mathel |
Bell |
1919-1925 |
70 |
Tan Yard Hill Coal Company |
Mathel |
Bell |
1917-1919 |
20 |
Low Ash Mining Company |
Meldrum |
Bell |
1915-1920 |
125 |
Appalachian Washed Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1912-1913 |
20 |
Atlas Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1931-1952 |
200 |
Bellman Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1922-1926 |
80 |
Bennetts Fork Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1903-1904 |
50 |
Better Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
Before 1903 |
? |
Brickdale Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1910-1910 |
20 |
Bryson Mountain Coal & Coke Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1904-1907 |
150 |
Columbia Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1907-1913 |
125 |
East Point Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1923-1929 |
20 |
Excelsior Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1910-1910 |
75 |
Flat Wood Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1908-1909 |
18 |
Fox Ridge Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1905-1909 |
400 |
Garmeda Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1941-1950 |
275 |
Hignite Coal Mining Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1914-1923 |
100 |
Low Ash Mining Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1921-1929 |
185 |
Luke & Drummond Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1905-1913 |
100 |
Mary Moore Mines, Inc. |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1910-1913 |
50 |
Mingo Coal & Coke Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1907-1907 |
200 |
Nicholson Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1907-1909 |
300 |
Nicholson Coal Mining Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1910-1911 |
150 |
Premier Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1927-1942 |
175 |
Premier Jellico Coal Corporation |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1943-1953 |
141 |
Reliance Coal & Coke Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1903-1925 |
250 |
S & S Coal |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1921-1930 |
16 |
S & S Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1922-1922 |
16 |
Smith & Brashear Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1919-1923 |
10 |
Sterling Coal & Coke Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1907-1910 |
300 |
Turner Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1908-1910 |
16 |
Wiciona Coal & Coke Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1905-1905 |
100 |
Willhor Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1921-1923 |
30 |
Winona Coal & Coke Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1906-1909 |
50 |
W.E. Gunn Company Mine |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1921-1932 |
80 |
Yellow Creek Coal Company |
Middlesboro |
Bell |
1905-1906 |
100 |
Gunn Coal Mining Company |
Murtea |
Bell |
1932-1939 |
80 |
Nicholson Coal Company |
Nicholson |
Bell |
1907-1909 |
100 |
C & C Coal Company |
Nugym |
Bell |
1941-1958 |
150 |
Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation, Inc. |
Oleika |
Bell |
1932-1935 |
150 |
Wallins Creek Collieries Company |
Oleika |
Bell |
1924-1924 |
150 |
Big Hill Coal Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1905-1908 |
250 |
Blue Ridge Coal Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1917-1923 |
40 |
Dean Coals, Inc. |
Pineville |
Bell |
1938-1949 |
65 |
Ferndale Mining Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1925-1925 |
20 |
Fox Ridge Fuel Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1941-1942 |
78 |
Layman-Callaway Coal Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1927-1930 |
40 |
Lewis Coal Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1917-1926 |
18 |
National Coal & Iron Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1905-1906 |
200 |
Rocky Branch Coal Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1919-1928 |
30 |
Straight Creek Coal Mining Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1907-1911 |
200 |
Straight Creek Coal Mining Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1908-1911 |
200 |
Straight Creek Coal Mining Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1907-1911 |
200 |
Straight Creek Coal & Coke Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1907-1911 |
400 |
Wallsend Coal Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1923-1934 |
250 |
Wallsend Coal & Coke Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1909-1910 |
175 |
Wallsend Mining Company |
Pineville |
Bell |
1923-1924 |
60 |
Atlas Coal Mining Company |
Ralston |
Bell |
1916-1926 |
80 |
Pinnacle Coal Mining Company |
Ralston |
Bell |
1916-1924 |
75 |
Stony Fork Coal Company |
Ralston |
Bell |
1906-1915 |
120 |
Coleman Fuel Company, Inc. |
Redbird |
Bell |
1940-1942 |
100 |
Continental Coal Corporation |
Rim |
Bell |
1909-1913 |
500 |
Indian Creek Coal Company |
Rim |
Bell |
1914-1920 |
160 |
Sagamore Coal Company |
Sagamore |
Bell |
1912-1914 |
25 |
Climax Coal Company |
Shamrock |
Bell |
1914-1929 |
165 |
Edgewood Consolidated Coal Company |
Shamrock |
Bell |
1910-1911 |
200 |
Hawley Coal Company |
Shamrock |
Bell |
1919-1930 |
60 |
Hignite Coal Mining Company |
Shamrock |
Bell |
1910-1913 |
75 |
Log Mountain Coal Company |
Shamrock |
Bell |
1924-1932 |
122 |
Long Branch Coal Company, Inc. |
Shamrock |
Bell |
1919-1924 |
75 |
Long Ridge Coal Company |
Shamrock |
Bell |
1921-1921 |
20 |
Monarch Coal & Coke Company |
Shamrock |
Bell |
1911-1913 |
125 |
Buffalo Coal Company |
Sidney |
Bell |
1940-1945 |
70 |
Stony Fork Coal Company |
Stony Fork |
Bell |
1908-1913 |
30 |
Barkers Straight Creek Coal Mining Co. |
Straight Creek |
Bell |
1936-1939 |
125 |
Continental Coal Corporation |
Straight Creek |
Bell |
1911-1915 |
350 |
Federal Coal Company |
Straight Creek |
Bell |
1916-1923 |
160 |
Liberty Coal & Coke Company |
Straight Creek |
Bell |
1919-1935 |
200 |
National Coal & Iron Company |
Straight Creek |
Bell |
1905-1906 |
600 |
Straight Creek Coal & Coke Company |
Straight Creek |
Bell |
1907-1911 |
200 |
Southern Mining Company |
Tejay |
Bell |
1914-1955 |
200 |
Boone Jellico Coal Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1924-1932 |
100 |
Commodore-Jellico Coal Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1926-1928 |
125 |
Commodore-Jellico Mining Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1928-1935 |
125 |
Dean Branch Coal Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1931-1937 |
110 |
Elk Coal Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1912-1913 |
30 |
Greasy Creek Coal Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1914-1925 |
100 |
Harlan Industrial Collieries Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1936-1944 |
125 |
Jaybee Jellico Coal Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1917-1925 |
150 |
New East Jellico Coal Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1945-1949 |
40 |
Pine Ridge Coal Mining Company |
Tinsley |
Bell |
1920-1922 |
100 |
Varilla Coal Corporation |
Varilla |
Bell |
1923-1926 |
200 |
Varilla Mining Company |
Varilla |
Bell |
1917-1921 |
25 |
Continental Coal Corporation |
Wallsend |
Bell |
1912-1915 |
200 |
Engine Coal & Coke Company |
Wallsend |
Bell |
1936-1941 |
50 |
Pineville Coal Company |
Wallsend |
Bell |
1903-1904 |
300 |
Wallsend Coal Company |
Wallsend |
Bell |
1906-1908 |
200 |
Wallsend Coal & Coke Company |
Wallsend |
Bell |
1905-1905 |
400 |