• Category:Existing coal mines in Ohio

     · Pages in egory "Existing coal mines in Ohio" The following 26 pages are in this egory, out of 26 total. B. Bowman Strip Mine; Buckingham 2 Mine; Buckingham 6 Mine; Buckingham 7 Mine; C. Carroll Hollow Mine; Century Mine; H. Harrison Resources; Hopedale Mine; K. Kimble 1 Mine; M. Mine 107; N. New Lexington Pit Mine ; O. Orange Strip Mine; Oxford Auger 1 Mine; Oxford Beagle Club Mine.

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  • Ohio Community Fears Pollution From Planned Coal Mine

    07/03/2019 · Research has shown that strip mining can pollute waterways, and increase the risk of contaminated ground water. It can also bring air and noise pollution. It can also bring air and noise pollution. Studies show that people who live in parts of Appalachia where coal mining is prominent have increased health problems.

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  • Strip‐Mining Boom Leaves Wasteland in Its Wake

     · This rolling, unfarmed farm land, just west of the Ohio River, is being chewed into billions of tons of rocky rubble by strip mining for coal. More than five billion tons of it, long considered ...

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  • Abandoned strip mines in Ohio | Homesteading Forum

    12/03/2013 · The real problem is the damage to the groundwater. First, mining the coal released sulfur compounds that will linger for generations. Next, the 100 fooot deep excavations breached the water table, so even if the excavations are filled with soil the water table will still drain to the filled excavations.

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  • Ohio's abandoned coal mines undercut homes,roads ...

    08/04/2010 · Workers started the mine in the early 1900s and cleared vast coal deposits over several decades. Like more than 99 percent of coal mines in eastern Ohio,it was eventually abandoned. After the mine closed in 1960,Sugarcreek grew and dozens of new homes were built. Today,nearly 2,200 people live in the town about 100 miles northeast of Columbus.

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  • History of Ohio Coal Mining

    Coal mining in Ohio began around 1800, with reported production amounting to 100 tons of coal mined from Jefferson County. Since 1800, over 3 billion tons of coal has been mined in Ohio. Ohio's coal production has experienced a history of great fluctuation. During the first half of the 19th century, coal production never exceeded one million tons annually. Coal was cut and loaded entirely by ...

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  • Groundwater hydrology before, during and after coal strip ...

    Groundwater hydrology before, during and after coal strip mining of a small watershed in Coshocton County, Ohio: Series title: WaterResources Investigations Report: Series number: 834155: DOI: /wri834155: EditionYear Published: 1983: Language: ENGLISH: Publisher: Geological Survey, Description : iv, 40 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. Google Analytic Metrics: Metrics page: Additional ...

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  • OhioMInes

    In 1872, Ohio mines produced more than five million tons of coal. Production increased to ten million tons by 1886. During the early to mid twentieth century, coal's value to Ohio's economy began to decline. Much of the coal in Ohio has a high sulfur content, making it less desirable compared to other coals.

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  • Interactive atlas of historical coal mine maps in ...

    This enormous resource contains thousands of detailed coal mine maps that can be overlaid on a variety of base maps for the entire state, including terrain, topographic and road maps, and aerial photographs. Each pink or yellow outline represents a single map, and many of the maps overlap each other. In addition to browsing the interactive map, maps for specific areas and mines can be found by ...

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  • THIS ROAD, ROUTE 100 IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO, WAS PAID FOR .

    this road, route 100 in southeastern ohio, was paid for by taxpayers and taken over by the hanna coal company. strip mining opponents claim company employees were told to vote for the road closing or risk losing their jobs. many local roads in the area have been closed. off interstate 70 this road, route 100 in southeastern ohio, was paid for by taxpayers and taken over by the hanna coal ...

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  • 1970s Coal Mining High Resolution Stock ...

    Photographed in May 1972, these mine workers in Wanamie, Newport Township, Luzerne County, enter one of the last underground coal mines operating in the 1970s in the Wyoming Valley. This is the Forge Slope of The Blue Coal Corporation, a subsidiary of the Glen Alden Coal Company. Mined Coal was sent to the Huber Breaker in Ashley PA.

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  • Coal

    Much coal was used to make coke to fuel the many steel mills that dotted the upper Ohio River valley. Eventually, coal became the primary source of energy to generate electricity and the dominant underground mines were replaced by surface strip mines, where large amounts of overlying rock was removed by massive shovels and drag lines to get ...

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  • Peabody Coal Company.

    Peabody Coal Company moved into Ohio County in the early fifties and they have been here continuously, since then. Ken Mine was the first Peabody Mine to become operational, in this area, and shortly thereafter Homestead Mine started up. This mining area generally consisted of an area bordered on the North by Western Kentucky Parkway and South, East, and West by the Green River. This area ...

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  • Coal Mining

    Coal mining began in Ohio during the 1810s and 1820s. Most of Ohio's coal mines existed in eastern and southern parts of the state. Prior to the 1810s, most Ohioans heated their homes or operated their machinery with firewood. As Ohioans cleared the land to farm it, an abundance of firewood resulted, reducing the need for coal.

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  • Stark County, OH mining, mines, mine owners and mine ...

    Stark County, OH mines, mine companies, mine owners and mine information. USMining provides information on mines, operators, and minerals mined in Stark County, OH

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  • Background

    Coal mining first began in Ohio around 1800, and for its first 150 years extraction was unregulated. Until World War II, almost all of the state's coal mining was done underground. However, the new explosives developed during the war and the development of efficient excavating and new drilling techniques made surface mining, or strip mining ...

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  • Ohio buying 31,000+ acres in eastern Ohio from AEP for 47 ...

     · The property, reclaimed land formerly used for strip mining, spans Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum and Noble counties in eastern and southeastern Ohio .

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