The Deep River Coalfield: Two Hundred Years of Mining in Chatham County, North Carolina

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McFarland, 2017年7月21日 - 244页

The region along Deep River in central North Carolina once boasted a small but significant coal mining industry that from the early 1800s to the end of the 20th century provided fuel for manufacturing and domestic use. Confronted by natural obstacles and other challenges--including a devastating explosion in 1925 that killed 53 men and boys--entrepreneurs made numerous attempts (some successful, some not) to harness the power of coal in a state still defining itself in a modernizing nation. Iron forges and hearths required ample supplies of coal to meet local demand, and the Deep River deposits provided them when no others existed.

 

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Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1 Geological Aspects of the Deep River Basin
2 Early History of the Deep River Coalfield
3 Geology as a Science Stimulates Geological Surveys
4 The Antebellum Period
5 The Deep River Coalfield at the Time of the Civil War
13 The State of Coal Mining After 1925
14 New Challenges for Coal Mining
Conclusion
The Dan River Coalfield
Jacksons Survey of the Deep River Coalfield
DaddowBannon Map of the Deep River Coalfield
Transcript of Inquest Concerning the December 19 1895 Disaster at Cumnock
Individuals Killed at Farmville Mine 1925

6 PostCivil War Considerations
7 The 1880s Through 1900
8 The 1895 Mine Explosion at Cumnock
9 The 1900 Explosion at Cumnock
10 Coal Production in North Carolina 19001925
May 27 1925
12 The Nature and Causes of Mine Gases
Total Tonnage Mined Yearly at Deep River
Company Records
Active Coal Mining Companies 18671896
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
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作者简介 (2017)

James H. Chapman has for twenty years researched and written about his family’s involvement in coal mining in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and in Wales. He lives in North Carolina.

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