HARLAN COALFIELD

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The Harlan Coalfield was opened up in the 1910s by the Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad. Coal seams include the Harlan, Kelloika, High Splint, Low Splint, McKnight, and Wallins seams. Mining conditions were good, but, at times, managment-labor relations were terrible. Still, when I was in Harlan County I never met one rude person. Every person was friendly. But Harlan County is the rooster-est place I have ever been. Whereever I stopped I could hear roosters crowing.


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