COMPANY |
COMMUNITY |
COUNTY |
YEARS OF OPERATION |
EMPLOYEES |
Leckie Collieries Company |
Aflex |
Pike |
1917-1957 |
300 |
Upper Elk Coal Company |
Argo |
Pike |
1917-1929 |
20 |
Consumers Mining Company |
Arrow |
Pike |
1933-1933 |
170 |
Portsmouth Solvay Coke Company |
Arrow |
Pike |
1919-1921 |
300 |
Turkey Gap Coal & Coke Company |
Arrow |
Pike |
1914-1917 |
350 |
Cameo Elkhorn Coal Company |
Big Shoal |
Pike |
1934-1938 |
135 |
James Hatcher Coal Company |
Big Shoal |
Pike |
1923-1934 |
150 |
Furnace Coal Mining Company |
Boldman |
Pike |
1919-1928 |
100 |
Coal Run Mining Company |
Coal Run |
Pike |
1919-1926 |
18 |
Kentucky-Elkhorn By-Products Coal Co. |
Dorton |
Pike |
1922-1926 |
85 |
Kentucky Elkhorn By-Products Coal Co. |
Dorton |
Pike |
1919-1926 |
85 |
New Elkhorn Coal Corporation |
Dorton |
Pike |
1937-1938 |
20 |
Wright-Elkhorn Coal Company |
Dorton |
Pike |
1927-1931 |
84 |
Wright-Elkhorn Coal Company |
Dorton |
Pike |
1930-1937 |
84 |
Dick-Elkhorn Coal Company |
Douglas |
Pike |
1925-1930 |
100 |
Buckfield Coal Company |
Elkseam |
Pike |
1921-1926 |
50 |
Elkhornseam Collieries Company |
Elkseam |
Pike |
1917-1926 |
75 |
Solvay Collieries Company |
Ep |
Pike |
1919-1923 |
125 |
Elkhorn & Shelby Creek Coal Company |
Esco |
Pike |
1915-1932 |
135 |
D J B Collieries, Inc. |
Feds Creek |
Pike |
1949-1958 |
125 |
Emperor Coal Company, Inc. |
Freeburn |
Pike |
1934-1958 |
375 |
Corrigan-McKinley Steel Company |
Greasy Creek |
Pike |
1927-1930 |
200 |
McKinney Steel Company Mine |
Greasy Creek |
Pike |
1923-1926 |
100 |
Corrigan-McKinney Steel Company |
Greasy Pit |
Pike |
1927-1928 |
200 |
McKinney Steel Company Mine |
Greasy Pit |
Pike |
1924-1926 |
100 |
Lowe Coal Company |
Hamlack |
Pike |
1908-1910 |
10 |
Eastern Coal Corporation, Inc. |
Hardy |
Pike |
1937-1958 |
329 |
Fordson Coal Company |
Hardy |
Pike |
1923-1935 |
100 |
Pond Creek Coal Company |
Hardy |
Pike |
1914-1923 |
196 |
Edgewater Coal Company |
Hellier |
Pike |
1917-1936 |
475 |
Edgewater Coal & Coke Company |
Hellier |
Pike |
1907-1907 |
20 |
Elkhorn Consolidated Coal & Coke Company |
Hellier |
Pike |
1908-1917 |
125 |
Greenough Coal Company |
Hellier |
Pike |
1918-1938 |
125 |
Greenough Coal & Coke Company |
Hellier |
Pike |
1907-1917 |
100 |
Mitchell Coke Company |
Hellier |
Pike |
1910-1913 |
75 |
Peabody Coal Company |
Hellier |
Pike |
1919-1920 |
210 |
Pike Consolidated Coal Company |
Hellier |
Pike |
1908-1909 |
150 |
J B Elkhorn Coal Company |
Hildason |
Pike |
1920-1925 |
100 |
Kentucky Block Fuel Company |
Jonancy |
Pike |
1919-1930 |
120 |
Kewanee Coal Mining Company |
Kewanee |
Pike |
1912-1917 |
50 |
Rogers Brothers Coal Company |
Kewanee |
Pike |
1918-1921 |
50 |
Winston-Elkhorn Coal Company |
Kewanee |
Pike |
1920-1922 |
75 |
Keyser Coal & Mining Company |
Keyser |
Pike |
1915-1928 |
100 |
Steele Coal Company |
Keyser |
Pike |
1914-1918 |
85 |
BB & DC Coal Company |
Leckieville |
Pike |
1926-1928 |
40 |
Norfolk and Western Railway Company |
Leckieville |
Pike |
1939-1956 |
450 |
Big Branch Coal Company |
Lookout |
Pike |
1908-1919 |
60 |
Edgewater Coal Company |
Lookout |
Pike |
1917-1936 |
445 |
Henry Clay Coal & Coke Company |
Lookout |
Pike |
1914-1919 |
50 |
Marrowbone Coal & Coke Company |
Lookout |
Pike |
1907-1910 |
100 |
Marrowbone Coke Company |
Lookout |
Pike |
1914-1915 |
75 |
Marrowbone Mining Company |
Lookout |
Pike |
1914-1929 |
125 |
Majestic Collieries Company |
Majestic |
Pike |
1914-1958 |
450 |
Allegheny Coke Company |
Manco |
Pike |
1914-1922 |
150 |
Peabody Coal Company |
Manco |
Pike |
1921-1926 |
210 |
Allburn Coal Corporation |
MC Carr |
Pike |
1918-1933 |
135 |
Allburn Coal & Coke Company |
MC Carr |
Pike |
1914-1917 |
200 |
Allburn Collieries Company |
MC Carr |
Pike |
1938-1945 |
100 |
Alma By-Product Coal Company |
MC Carr |
Pike |
1949-1950 |
100 |
Alma Freeburn Coal Company |
MC Carr |
Pike |
1927-1932 |
80 |
Alma Thacker Fuel Company |
MC Carr |
Pike |
1915-1926 |
250 |
Fairfax Coal Company |
McAndrews |
Pike |
1947-1950 |
200 |
Octavia Coal Mining Corporation |
McAndrews |
Pike |
1939-1945 |
320 |
Octavia J. Coal Mining Company |
McAndrews |
Pike |
1927-1938 |
250 |
Triangle Coal Company |
McAndrews |
Pike |
1919-1924 |
30 |
New Alma Coal Company |
McCarr |
Pike |
1934-1957 |
150 |
Pond Creek Coal Company |
Mcveigh |
Pike |
1914-1923 |
324 |
Eastern Coal Corporation, Inc. |
McVeigh |
Pike |
1937-1958 |
427 |
Fordson Coal Company |
McVeigh |
Pike |
1923-1935 |
250 |
J. E. Polley Coal Company |
Millard |
Pike |
1921-1926 |
50 |
Pinson-Elkhorn Colliery |
Millard |
Pike |
1920-1921 |
35 |
Broad Bottom Coal Company |
Mossy Bottom |
Pike |
1923-1924 |
35 |
Cabin Branch Coal Company |
Mossy Bottom |
Pike |
1910-1913 |
45 |
Lowe Coal Company |
Mossy Bottom |
Pike |
1908-1910 |
16 |
Steele Coal Company |
Mossy Bottom |
Pike |
1919-1926 |
125 |
Wagner Coal Company |
Mossy Bottom |
Pike |
1909-1910 |
20 |
Orinoco Mining Company |
Orinoco |
Pike |
1917-1930 |
150 |
Keel Coal Company |
Pauley |
Pike |
1924-1926 |
20 |
Rice Elkhorn Coal Company |
Pauley |
Pike |
1927-1930 |
60 |
Pond Creek Coal Company |
Peg |
Pike |
1914-1922 |
140 |
Broad Bottom Mining Company |
Pikeville |
Pike |
1917-1921 |
30 |
Christie Sowards Mining Company |
Pikeville |
Pike |
1921-1923 |
75 |
F.A. Wright Mine |
Pikeville |
Pike |
1942-1942 |
60 |
James Hatcher Land Company |
Pikeville |
Pike |
1943-1946 |
140 |
Keel Coal Company |
Pikeville |
Pike |
1922-1926 |
20 |
Major Elkhorn Coal Company |
Pikeville |
Pike |
1942-1942 |
140 |
United Elkhorn Coal Company |
Pikeville |
Pike |
1932-1939 |
132 |
Wright Coal Company |
Pikeville |
Pike |
1943-1949 |
65 |
Fordson Coal Company |
Pinson Fork |
Pike |
1924-1929 |
125 |
Marietta Coal Company |
Pinson Fork |
Pike |
1919-1932 |
35 |
Pond Creek Coal Company |
Pinson Fork |
Pike |
1914-1923 |
143 |
Barrowman Coal Corporation |
Praise |
Pike |
1925-1944 |
75 |
Eastern Kentucky Block Coal & Fuel Co. |
Praise |
Pike |
1915-1915 |
20 |
Elkhorn City Coal Company |
Praise |
Pike |
1917-1919 |
10 |
Elkhorn Gas Coal Company |
Praise |
Pike |
1921-1924 |
75 |
Elswick Coal Company |
Praise |
Pike |
1933-1941 |
75 |
Kanawha-Elkhorn Collieries, Inc. |
Praise |
Pike |
1921-1926 |
155 |
Barney Mining Company |
Regina |
Pike |
1926-1926 |
75 |
Coleman & Jacobs Mine |
Regina |
Pike |
1927-1930 |
60 |
Winston Creek Coal Company |
Regina |
Pike |
1917-1919 |
25 |
Winston Elkhorn Coal Company |
Regina |
Pike |
1920-1925 |
75 |
Wiston-Elkhorn Coal Company |
Regina |
Pike |
1920-1920 |
75 |
Excelsior By-Product Coal Company |
Richam |
Pike |
1923-1929 |
72 |
Detroit-Kentucky Coal Company |
Robinson Creek |
Pike |
1917-1919 |
20 |
Famous Elkhorn Coal Company |
Robinson Creek |
Pike |
1943-1949 |
70 |
Floyd-Elkhorn Mining Company |
Robinson Creek |
Pike |
1919-1930 |
325 |
High Point Elkhorn Coal Company |
Rockhouse |
Pike |
1947-1954 |
40 |
Rockhouse Elkhorn Coal Company |
Rockhouse |
Pike |
1943-1949 |
50 |
Duff Pond Creek Coal Company |
Sharondale |
Pike |
1921-1923 |
24 |
Sharon Coal & Coke Company |
Sharondale |
Pike |
1915-1932 |
125 |
Burke Elkhorn Coal Company |
Shelbiana |
Pike |
1946-1950 |
55 |
R-H Elkhorn Coal Company |
Shelbiana |
Pike |
1921-1923 |
38 |
Shelbiana Coal & Coke Company |
Shelbiana |
Pike |
1910-1910 |
25 |
Shelby Coal Mining Company |
Shelbiana |
Pike |
1914-1925 |
25 |
Shelby Steam Coal Company, Inc. |
Shelbiana |
Pike |
1941-1948 |
65 |
Shelbiana Coal & Coke Company |
Shelby |
Pike |
1910-1910 |
25 |
Eastern Coal Corporation, Inc. |
Stone |
Pike |
1937-1958 |
400 |
Ford Motor Company Mine |
Stone |
Pike |
1928-1934 |
1500 |
Fordson Coal Company |
Stone |
Pike |
1923-1935 |
125 |
Pond Creek Coal Company |
Stone |
Pike |
1914-1923 |
142 |
Sudduth Coal Company |
Stone |
Pike |
1919-1921 |
60 |
Sudduth Fuel Company |
Stone |
Pike |
1921-1938 |
200 |
Sullivan Pond Creek Company |
Stone |
Pike |
1919-1926 |
100 |
Tierney Mining Company |
Stone |
Pike |
1914-1928 |
300 |
Tierney Mining Company |
Stone |
Pike |
1935-1936 |
300 |
Funk Coal Company |
Sutton |
Pike |
1917-1925 |
25 |
Thacker Coal Company |
Sutton |
Pike |
1926-1928 |
25 |
Bailey Fuel Company |
Toler |
Pike |
1921-1934 |
140 |
Black Gem Coal Company |
Toler |
Pike |
1919-1923 |
80 |
Carry-On Coal Company |
Toler |
Pike |
1919-1928 |
80 |
Rogers Elkhorn Coal Company |
Virgie |
Pike |
1921-1928 |
125 |
Utilities Elkhorn Coal Company |
Virgie |
Pike |
1929-1958 |
210 |
Corrigan-McKinley Steel Company |
Wolfpit |
Pike |
1927-1930 |
600 |
Elkhorn-Marrowbone Coal Company |
Wolfpit |
Pike |
1921-1926 |
40 |
Elkhorn-Marrowbone Fuel Company |
Wolfpit |
Pike |
1927-1930 |
50 |
McKinney Steel Company Mine |
Wolfpit |
Pike |
1919-1926 |
400 |
Excelsior By-Product Coal Company |
Yeager |
Pike |
1930-1932 |
72 |
E.E. George Coal Company |
Yeager |
Pike |
1917-1921 |
25 |
Joseph Cain Coal Company |
Yeager |
Pike |
1933-1934 |
75 |
Wesley Corporation Mine |
Yeager |
Pike |
1930-1932 |
90 |
Wesley Corporation Mine |
Yeager |
Pike |
1930-1931 |
90 |
Paragon-Elkhorn Collieries Company |
Dunleary |
PIke |
1919-1941 |
150 |