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By William Fischer, Jr., August 7, 2010
SE Kansas Coal Mining Marker and Coal Car
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Kansas, Crawford County, Pittsburg — Southeast Kansas Coal Mining — The Three Phases of Coal Mining in the Weir-Pittsburg Coal Field — Miners' Memorial at Immigrant Park —  |
| Phase One: Pioneer Mining The coal fields of Cherokee and Crawford Counties covered over 300 square miles of land, making it a prime area for coal mining. When early settlers first moved into the area in the 1800's, they were amazed to see . . . — — Map (db m35571) HM | |||
| 2 ► Kansas, Crawford County, Pittsburg — Wilkinson Coal Company — Weir City, Kansas 1917-1979 — Miners’ Memorial at Immigrant Park — |
| • William Wilkinson was born in Pelton Fell, England in 1862. He worked in the mines from the age of 10 and came to Weir City, Kansas, in 1883 at the age of 20 to continue mining. • In 1917, he started his own deep mine a mile south of . . . — — Map (db m35606) HM | |||