COAL FIELD DIRECTORY – 1921

COAL FIELD DIRECTORY – 1921

Note: S of H stands for System of Hauling; S of M stands for System of Mining

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Note: Wikipedia says that 266.72 million tons of coal have been extracted in Ohio County and 1,291.11 million tons remain.

coaleducation.org has the following:

Western Kentucky Coal Field -- 2004

The Western Kentucky coal field covers 6,400 square miles and contains over 35.67 billion tons of remaining resources.  (Part of this cannot be mined economically using today’s technology.)  The remaining resources and their locations are illustrated below.

There are 35 named coal beds, of which seven principal coal beds contain about 94% of the resources in Western Kentucky.

Over 5.32 billion tons of coal have been mined or lost due to mining, amounting to only about 13% of total Western Kentucky coal resources.