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History of the Coal-Mining Industry in Ohio


Bulletin 72—by Douglas L. Crowell, 204 p., 220 figures, 6 tables, 1 appendix, 1995. Price: $14.00 (plus tax and shipping/handling).

This bulletin traces the development of Ohio’s coal-mining industry from the knowledge of coal by Ohio’s earliest frontiersmen to the impact of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and clean-coal technology. Over 200 historic photos, drawings, and maps complement the descriptions of miners, mines and mine buildings, mine animals, mining equipment, modes of transportation, and the perils of mining.

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