MORGAN
COUNTY, KENTUCKY COAL CAMPS
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It's dark as a dungeon and damp
as the dew,
Where the danger is double and
pleasures are few,
Where the rain never falls and
the sun never shines,
It's dark as a dungeon way down
in the mine.
---Merle Travis
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
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COMPANY
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TOWN or COMMUNITY
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YEARS OF OPERATION
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NO. # EMPLOYED
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White Oak Cannel Coal Company
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Caney
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1905-1907
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80
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Kentucky Block Cannel Coal Company
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Cannel City
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1905-1933
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250
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Eureka Cannel Coal Company
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Cannel City
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1906-1907
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25
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Kentucky Buck Cannel Coal Company
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Cannel City
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1906-1913
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250
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Caney Cannel Coal Company
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Caney
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1907-1907
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15
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North Fork Cannel Coal Company
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Redwine
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1909-1913
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28
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Lee Coal Company
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Redwine
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1909-1920
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20
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Okey Meadows Mine, Inc.
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Redwine
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1923-1924
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25
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Lenox Bituminous Coal Company
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Lenox
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1919-1921
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10
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Lee Coal Company
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Redwine
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1924-1929
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40
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Courtesy of Ann Lemaster-Applegate
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