History of Mining

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Coal has been an important part of West Virginia's history and economy since before the state was even created in 1863, making it the second-largest coal producter in the nation. The existance of coal in WV was first reported in the 1700s, but large-scale mining didn't begin until the mid-1800s and currently, these depostits exist in all but of two of the states fifty-five counties (West Virginia Office of Energy 2024). 

Between first sightings to 1960 (because that's when coal production started to dwindle.) We will have a flushed out explination page of this now.