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Coal Mines in Bell County Kentucky

Compiled from Dodrill's 10,000 Coal Company Stores
each listing contains the following
COMPANY
COMMUNITY
COUNTY
YEARS OF OPERATION
EMPLOYEES


Victor Coal Mining Company
 Besson
 Bell Continental Coal Corporation
 Arjay
 Bell
 1912-1915
 450

Federal Coal Company
 Arjay
 Bell
 1916-1923
 156

Fox Ridge Mining Company, Inc.
 Arjay
 Bell
 1943-1958
 120

Landrum Coal Company
 Arjay
 Bell
 1921-1924
 60

New Arjay Coal Company
 Arjay
 Bell
 1925-1929
 60

Old Straight Creek Coal Corporation
 Arjay
 Bell
 1925-1933
 120

Roth Coal Company
 Arjay
 Bell
 1921-1924
 80

Straight Creek Coal, Inc.
 Arjay
 Bell
 1935-1940
 75

Southern Mining Company
 Balkan
 Bell
 1914-1955
 370

Virginia Harlan Coal Corporation
 Balkan
 Bell
 1931-1934
 95

Virginia Harlan Coal Corporation
 Balkan
 Bell
 1923-1924
 95

Whipple Coals, Inc.
 Balkan
 Bell
 1942-1953
 80

Bell Jellico Coal Company
 Bell Jellico
 Bell
 1907-1908
 150

Dean Branch Coal Company
 Bell Jellico
 Bell
 1919-1923
 20

New Bell Jellico Coal Company
 Bell Jellico
 Bell
 1909-1919
 150
 

 1925-1932
 75

Black Star Coal Company, Inc.
 Blackmont
 Bell
 1931-1940
 880

Southern Mining Company
 Blacksnake
 Bell
 1925-1926
 15

Bailey Coal Company
 Blanche
 Bell
 1917-1929
 33

Big Jim Coal Company
 Blanche
 Bell
 1940-1952
 225

New Straight Creek Company Mine
 Blanche
 Bell
 1912-1914
 60

Bellman Coal Company
 Bosworth
 Bell
 1922-1926
 50

East Point Coal Company
 Bosworth
 Bell
 1917-1922
 20

Log Mountain Coal Company
 Bosworth
 Bell
 1924-1932
 330

Winona Coal & Coke Company
 Bosworth
 Bell
 1921-1924
 150

Yellow Creek Coal Company
 Bosworth
 Bell
 1905-1923
 250

Black Mountain Coal Company
 Burchfield
 Bell
 1914-1915
 20

Kentucky Cardinal Coal Corporation
 Burchfield
 Bell
 1919-1920
 150

Pucketts Creek Coal Company
 Burchfield
 Bell
 1915-1919
 50

Asher Coal Mining Company
 Bushan
 Bell
 1910-1911
 150

Creech Mining Company
 Callaway
 Bell
 1919-1921
 35

Blue Star Coal Company
 Calloway
 Bell
 1926-1930
 60

Kentucky Cardinal Coal Company
 Cardinal
 Bell
 1929-1932
 150

Kentucky Cardinal Coal Corporation
 Cardinal
 Bell
 1933-1958
 150

Vinson-Kolb Coal Company
 Cargo
 Bell
 1921-1923
 40

Central Coal Company
 Cary
 Bell
 1909-1910
 50

Continental Coal Corporation
 Cary
 Bell
 1911-1915
 650

Federal Coal Company
 Cary
 Bell
 1916-1923
 147

Left Fork Coal Company
 Cary
 Bell
 1909-1910
 100

Old Straight Creek Coal Corporation
 Cary
 Bell
 1925-1933
 220

Straight Creek Coal Mining Company
 Cary
 Bell
 1907-1911
 200

Straight Creek Coal, Inc.
 Cary
 Bell
 1935-1940
 150

Caney Creek Coal & Coke Company
 Chenoa
 Bell
 1908-1910
 60

Chenoa-Hignite Coal Company
 Chenoa
 Bell
 1914-1931
 90

Chenoa Coal Company
 Chenoa
 Bell
 1908-1909
 40

Clear Creek Coal Company
 Chenoa
 Bell
 1908-1910
 80

Kelly Coal Company
 Chenoa
 Bell
 1909-1910
 51

Log Mountain Coal Company
 Chenoa
 Bell
 1911-1913
 50

Crane Creek Coal Company
 Colmar
 Bell
 1917-1923
 50

Southern Mining Company
 Colmar
 Bell
 1914-1955
 155

Cairns Coal Company
 Davisburg
 Bell
 1933-1934
 72

Log Mountain Coal Company
 Davisburg
 Bell
 1924-1932
 113

Asher Coal Mining Company
 Dorothy
 Bell
 1910-1911
 150

Excelsior Coal Mining Company
 Excelsior
 Bell
 1904-1906
 175

Excelsior Coal & Mining Company
 Excelsior
 Bell
 1907-1907
 125

Low Ash Coal Company
 Excelsior
 Bell
 1914-1914
 20

Mary Moore Mines, Inc.
 Excelsior
 Bell
 1910-1913
 100

Fern Lake Mining Company
 Fern Lake
 Bell
 1908-1909
 50

Ferndale Coal Company
 Ferndale
 Bell
 1909-1920
 30

J.C. Knuckles & Wife Mine
 Ferndale
 Bell
 1908-1908
 20

Coleman Fuel Company, Inc.
 Field
 Bell
 1940-1942
 100

Kentucky Ridge Coal Company
 Field
 Bell
 1917-1924
 70

Kentucky Ridge Coal Company
 Field
 Bell
 1938-1958
 200

Clear Fork Coal Company, Inc.
 Fonde
 Bell
 1924-1957
 289

Clear Fork Coal & Coke Company
 Fonde
 Bell
 1912-1923
 250

Bell County Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1909-1909
 70

Black Bear Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1905-1906
 70

Black Raven Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1904-1909
 150

East Jellico Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1907-1917
 200

Edward Blake Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1907-1909
 80

Elk Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1907-1907
 56

Highland Rim Mining Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1905-1908
 150

Indian Creek Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1922-1923
 100

J B Blue Gem Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1923-1924
 60

J B Straight Creek Mining Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1918-1925
 100

Joseph Manning Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1917-1919
 40

Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1942-1949
 250

Lewis & Campbell Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 Before 1903
 ?

Magnet Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1914-1917
 102

New Bell Jellico Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1909-1913
 50

Red Ash Straight Creek, Inc.
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1926-1926
 65

Utility Gas Coal Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1917-1923
 50

Wallins Creek Collieries Company
 Fourmile
 Bell
 1924-1925
 100

Coleman Mining Company, Inc.
 Fox Ridge
 Bell
 1907-1929
 150

Straight Creek Coal & Coke Company
 Gary
 Bell
 1907-1911
 200

Bellman Coal Company
 Gravity
 Bell
 1918-1922
 50

Bennetts Fork Coal Mining Company
 Gravity
 Bell
 1919-1923
 75

Columbia Coal Company
 Gravity
 Bell
 1907-1913
 125

Gravity Coal Mining Company
 Gravity
 Bell
 1917-1923
 20

Winona Coal & Coke Company
 Gravity
 Bell
 1906-1926
 150

Log Mountain Coal Company
 Harrison
 Bell
 1914-1932
 81

Kentucky River Coal Mining Company
 Heiner
 Bell
 1918-1928
 200

Continental Coal Corporation
 Heyburn
 Bell
 1914-1915
 40

Straight Creek Fuel Company
 Heyburn
 Bell
 1926-1926
 75

Hosman Coal Company
 Hosman
 Bell
 1925-1930
 75

J B Blue Gem Coal Company
 Hosman
 Bell
 1917-1919
 85

Long Ridge Coal Company
 Hulen
 Bell
 1919-1934
 40

New Long Ridge Coal Company,Inc.
 Hulen
 Bell
 1942-1949
 60

Pineville Coal Company
 Wallsend
 Bell
 1903-1904
 300

Wallsend Coal Company
 Wallsend
 Bell
 1906-1908
 200

Wallsend Coal & Coke Company
 Wallsend
 Bell
 1905-1905
 400

Engine Coal & Coke Company
 Wallsend
 Bell
 1936-1941
 50

Bastin Coal Company
 Idamay
 Bell
 1911-1913
 38

Big Hill Coal Company
 Idamay
 Bell
 1909-1910
 250

Morgan Mining Company
 Iverdale
 Bell
 1924-1924
 50

Pioneer Coal Company
 Kettle Island
 Bell
 1912-1949
 300

Bell Coal Company
 Little Creek
 Bell
 1940-1953
 150

Crystal Coal Company
 Logmont
 Bell
 1915-1926
 75

Luke & Drummond Coal Company
 Logmont
 Bell
 1909-1911
 50

Sagamore Coal Company
 Logmont
 Bell
 1905-1914
 100

Mathel Coal Company
 Mathel
 Bell
 1919-1925
 70

Tan Yard Hill Coal Company
 Mathel
 Bell
 1917-1919
 20

Low Ash Mining Company
 Meldrum
 Bell
 1915-1920
 125

Appalachian Washed Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1912-1913
 20

Atlas Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1931-1952
 200

Bellman Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1922-1926
 80

Bennetts Fork Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1903-1904
 50

Better Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 Before 1903
 ?

Brickdale Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1910-1910
 20

Bryson Mountain Coal & Coke Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1904-1907
 150

Columbia Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1907-1913
 125

East Point Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1923-1929
 20

Excelsior Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1910-1910
 75

Flat Wood Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1908-1909
 18

Fox Ridge Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1905-1909
 400

Garmeda Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1941-1950
 275

Hignite Coal Mining Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1914-1923
 100

Low Ash Mining Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1921-1929
 185

Luke & Drummond Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1905-1913
 100

Mary Moore Mines, Inc.
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1910-1913
 50

Mingo Coal & Coke Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1907-1907
 200

Nicholson Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1907-1909
 300

Nicholson Coal Mining Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1910-1911
 150

Premier Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1927-1942
 175

Premier Jellico Coal Corporation
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1943-1953
 141

Reliance Coal & Coke Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1903-1925
 250

S & S Coal
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1921-1930
 16

S & S Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1922-1922
 16

Smith & Brashear Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1919-1923
 10

Sterling Coal & Coke Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1907-1910
 300

Turner Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1908-1910
 16

Wiciona Coal & Coke Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1905-1905
 100

Willhor Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1921-1923
 30

Winona Coal & Coke Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1906-1909
 50

W.E. Gunn Company Mine
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1921-1932
 80

Yellow Creek Coal Company
 Middlesboro
 Bell
 1905-1906
 100

Gunn Coal Mining Company
 Murtea
 Bell
 1932-1939
 80

Nicholson Coal Company
 Nicholson
 Bell
 1907-1909
 100

C & C Coal Company
 Nugym
 Bell
 1941-1958
 150

Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation, Inc.
 Oleika
 Bell
 1932-1935
 150

Wallins Creek Collieries Company
 Oleika
 Bell
 1924-1924
 150

Big Hill Coal Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1905-1908
 250

Blue Ridge Coal Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1917-1923
 40

Dean Coals, Inc.
 Pineville
 Bell
 1938-1949
 65

Ferndale Mining Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1925-1925
 20

Fox Ridge Fuel Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1941-1942
 78

Layman-Callaway Coal Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1927-1930
 40

Lewis Coal Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1917-1926
 18

National Coal & Iron Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1905-1906
 200

Rocky Branch Coal Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1919-1928
 30

Straight Creek Coal Mining Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1907-1911
 200

Straight Creek Coal Mining Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1908-1911
 200

Straight Creek Coal Mining Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1907-1911
 200

Straight Creek Coal & Coke Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1907-1911
 400

Wallsend Coal Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1923-1934
 250

Wallsend Coal & Coke Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1909-1910
 175

Wallsend Mining Company
 Pineville
 Bell
 1923-1924
 60

Atlas Coal Mining Company
 Ralston
 Bell
 1916-1926
 80

Pinnacle Coal Mining Company
 Ralston
 Bell
 1916-1924
 75

Stony Fork Coal Company
 Ralston
 Bell
 1906-1915
 120

Coleman Fuel Company, Inc.
 Redbird
 Bell
 1940-1942
 100

Continental Coal Corporation
 Rim
 Bell
 1909-1913
 500

Indian Creek Coal Company
 Rim
 Bell
 1914-1920
 160

Sagamore Coal Company
 Sagamore
 Bell
 1912-1914
 25

Climax Coal Company
 Shamrock
 Bell
 1914-1929
 165

Edgewood Consolidated Coal Company
 Shamrock
 Bell
 1910-1911
 200

Hawley Coal Company
 Shamrock
 Bell
 1919-1930
 60

Hignite Coal Mining Company
 Shamrock
 Bell
 1910-1913
 75

Log Mountain Coal Company
 Shamrock
 Bell
 1924-1932
 122

Long Branch Coal Company, Inc.
 Shamrock
 Bell
 1919-1924
 75

Long Ridge Coal Company
 Shamrock
 Bell
 1921-1921
 20

Monarch Coal & Coke Company
 Shamrock
 Bell
 1911-1913
 125

Buffalo Coal Company
 Sidney
 Bell
 1940-1945
 70

Stony Fork Coal Company
 Stony Fork
 Bell
 1908-1913
 30

Barkers Straight Creek Coal Mining Co.
 Straight Creek
 Bell
 1936-1939
 125

Continental Coal Corporation
 Straight Creek
 Bell
 1911-1915
 350

Federal Coal Company
 Straight Creek
 Bell
 1916-1923
 160

Liberty Coal & Coke Company
 Straight Creek
 Bell
 1919-1935
 200

National Coal & Iron Company
 Straight Creek
 Bell
 1905-1906
 600

Straight Creek Coal & Coke Company
 Straight Creek
 Bell
 1907-1911
 200

Southern Mining Company
 Tejay
 Bell
 1914-1955
 200

Boone Jellico Coal Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1924-1932
 100

Commodore-Jellico Coal Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1926-1928
 125

Commodore-Jellico Mining Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1928-1935
 125

Dean Branch Coal Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1931-1937
 110

Elk Coal Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1912-1913
 30

Greasy Creek Coal Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1914-1925
 100

Harlan Industrial Collieries Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1936-1944
 125

Jaybee Jellico Coal Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1917-1925
 150

New East Jellico Coal Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1945-1949
 40

Pine Ridge Coal Mining Company
 Tinsley
 Bell
 1920-1922
 100

Varilla Coal Corporation
 Varilla
 Bell
 1923-1926
 200

Varilla Mining Company
 Varilla
 Bell
 1917-1921
 25

Continental Coal Corporation
 Wallsend
 Bell
 1912-1915
 200


 
 


 


 
 

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