Harlan County, Kentucky Coal Camps

Compiled from Dodrill's 10,000 Coal Company Stores

COMPANY	COMMUNITY	COUNTY	YEARS OF OPERATION	EMPLOYEES
Ages Ridge Coal Company	Ages	Harlan	1914-1915	75
East Harlan Coal Company	Ages	Harlan	1916-1932	100
Harlan Collieries Company, Inc.	Ages	Harlan	1920-1924	200
High Point Coal Company	Ages	Harlan	1917-1924	25
Black Star Coal Company, Inc.	Alva	Harlan	1923-1928	400
Black Star Coal Corporation	Alva	Harlan	1939-1958	900
Bardo Coal Mining Company	Bardo	Harlan	1927-1958	160
Bowling Coal Mining Company	Bardo	Harlan	1921-1926	85
International Harvester Company	Benham	Harlan	1942-1958	685
Looney Creek Coal Company	Benham	Harlan	1924-1924	50
Wisconsin Steel Company	Benham	Harlan	1912-1941	600
Benito Harlan Corporation	Benito	Harlan	1939-1940	100
Harlan Fox Coal Company	Black Joe	Harlan	1918-1924	100
Harlan Fox Mining Company	Black Joe	Harlan	1925-1932	100
J B Blue Gem Coal Company	Black Joe	Harlan	1920-1922	100
Harlan Collieries Company	Brookside	Harlan	1924-1926	200
Harlan Collieries Company, Inc.	Brookside	Harlan	1924-1958	200
Hoyt Mining Company	Cargo	Harlan	1919-1921	40
Crummies Creek Coal Company	Cawood	Harlan	1924-1931	350
Ellis Knob Coal Company	Cawood	Harlan	1923-1926	100
Blue Diamond Coal Company	Chevrolet	Harlan	1927-1958	350
Crown By-Product Coal Company	Chevrolet	Harlan	1920-1923	200
Crown Coal Company	Chevrolet	Harlan	1923-1926	250
Harlan Superior Coal Company	Chevrolet	Harlan	1919-1929	50
Clover Darby Coal Company	Closplint	Harlan	1943-1952	125
Cloversplint Coal Company	Closplint	Harlan	1928-1946	350
Mary Helen Coal Corporation	Coalgood	Harlan	1919-1958	490
Pure D Coal Company, Inc.	Coalgood	Harlan	1951-?	?
Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Company	Coxton	Harlan	1933-1935	200
Koppers Coal Company	Coxton	Harlan	1936-1941	220
Lick Branch Coal Company	Coxton	Harlan	1914-1921	250
Melcroft Coal Company	Coxton	Harlan	1917-1935	275
Crummies Creek Coal Company	Crummies	Harlan	1924-1931	350
J.L. Smith Coal Company	Draper	Harlan	1919-1928	125
McComb Coal Company	Elcomb	Harlan	1917-1928	150
Bailey's Creek Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1917-1921	30
Darby Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1927-1935	75
Evarts Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1919-1929	58
Fairview Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1933-1934	30
Game Cock Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1933-1934	50
Harlan-Kellioka Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1926-1926	100
Harlan Clover Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1906-1928	90
Harlan Co-operative Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1921-1925	60
Harlan Kellioka Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1919-1926	100
Harlan Liberty Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1919-1926	250
Harlan Wallins Coal Company, Inc.	Evarts	Harlan	1936-1953	200
Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation, Inc.	Evarts	Harlan	1936-1957	200
Peabody Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1919-1920	140
River Ridge Collieries, Inc.	Evarts	Harlan	1949-1952	80
Sugar Camp Mining Company	Evarts	Harlan	1919-1924	15
Sugar Camp Mining Company	Evarts	Harlan	1927-1930	60
Superior Harlan Coal Company	Evarts	Harlan	1921-1928	125
Turner Fuel Company, Inc.	Evarts	Harlan	1943-1945	85
Yocum Creek Coal Company, Inc.	Evarts	Harlan	1951-1958	275
Wilson Berger Coal Company	Grays Knob	Harlan	1916-1934	100
Harcrow Mines, Inc.	Harcrow	Harlan	1938-1942	150
Elcomb Coal Company	Harlan	Harlan	1931-1957	100
Green-Silvers Coal Corporation	Harlan	Harlan	1934-1942	150
Harlan Gas Coal Company	Harlan	Harlan	1915-1934	150
Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation, Inc.	Harlan	Harlan	1925-1932	250
Howard Coal Company	Harlan	Harlan	1926-1926	30
Kitts Creek Coal Company	Harlan	Harlan	1921-1923	40
R.C. Tway Coal Company	Harlan	Harlan	1919-1948	250
R.C. Tway Mining Company	Harlan	Harlan	1914-1919	200
Shawnee Coal Company	Harlan	Harlan	1917-1919	20
Shawnee Gas Coal Company	Harlan	Harlan	1919-1925	75
Splint Coal Company	Harlan	Harlan	1933-1936	100
Wallins Creek Coal Company, Inc.	Harlan	Harlan	1914-1919	275
Wallins Creek Collieries Company	Harlan	Harlan	1919-1924	250
Williams By-Product Coal Company	Harlan	Harlan	1917-1921	120
Yocum Creek Coal Company, Inc.	Harlan	Harlan	1943-1950	425
Cornett-Lewis Coal Company, Inc.	Highsplint	Harlan	1922-1923	100
Harlow Coal & Coke Company	Highsplint	Harlan	?	?
Highsplint Coal Company	Highsplint	Harlan	1919-1958	300
Seagraves Coal Company	Highsplint	Harlan	1919-1958	300
Southern Mining Company	Insul	Harlan	1927-1955	175
Banner Fork Coal Corporation	Kentenia	Harlan	1916-1925	350
Fordson Coal Company	Kentennia	Harlan	1924-1927	400
Black Mountain Corporation Mine	Kenvir	Harlan	1922-1952	841
Peabody Coal Company	Kenvir	Harlan	1953-1958	750
Peabody Coal Company	Kenvir	Harlan	1921-1926	140
J.L. Smith Coal Company	Kildav	Harlan	1919-1925	50
Cloverfork Coal Company	Kitts	Harlan	1914-1958	200
Golden Ash Coal Company	Kitts	Harlan	1914-1928	100
Rex Coal Company	Kitts	Harlan	1914-1923	60
Rex Harlan Coal Company	Kitts	Harlan	1923-1925	100
Rex Red Ash Coal Company	Kitts	Harlan	1926-1930	75
Benito Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1921-1925	50
Benito Mining Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1926-1938	100
Berger Coal Mining Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1921-1942	150
Bowling Mining Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1917-1921	50
Brown & Sharp Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1925-1928	45
Cook & Sharpe Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1923-1929	45
Dixie Darby Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1932-1937	68
Dixie Harlan Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1931-1937	50
Home Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1919-1921	100
Miller & Sharp Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1922-1924	35
P V & K Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1921-1949	130
Pennsylvania, Va. & Ky. Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1921-1949	130
Upper Harlan Coal Company	Lejunior	Harlan	1917-1923	75
Central Harlan Coal Company	Lenarue	Harlan	1926-1926	80
Lenarue Coal Company	Lenarue	Harlan	1921-1925	50
Southern Harlan Coal Company	Lenarue	Harlan	1931-1951	125
Three Point Coal Company	Lenarue	Harlan	1923-1930	125
Mahan-Ellison Coal Corporation	Liggett	Harlan	1922-1932	50
Perkins-Harlan Coal Company	Liggett	Harlan	1920-1958	150
Good Coal Company	Lisle	Harlan	1937-1939	225
Cornett-Lewis Coal Company	Louellen	Harlan	1931-1951	500
Cornett-Lewis Coal Company, Inc.	Louellen	Harlan	1924-1958	500
United States Coal & Coke Company	Lynch	Harlan	1919-1950	1000
United States Steel Corporation	Lynch	Harlan	1951-1958	1657
Mary Alice Coal Company	Mary Alice	Harlan	1945-1957	85
Harlan Wallins Coal Company, Inc.	Molus	Harlan	1926-1953	200
Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation, Inc.	Molus	Harlan	1925-1957	200
Wallins Creek Collieries Company	Molus	Harlan	1924-1924	100
Harlan-Splint Coal Company	Nolansburg	Harlan	1927-1932	80
Kellioka Coal Company	Nolansburg	Harlan	1919-1924	40
Blue Diamond Coal Company	Pathfork	Harlan	1927-1947	50
Willis-Harlan Coal Company	Pathfork	Harlan	1921-1930	125
Looney Creek Coal Company	Pee Vee	Harlan	1915-1934	150
Intermountain Coal & Lumber Company	Putney	Harlan	1923-1941	25
Harlan-Ridgeway Mining Company	Ridgeway	Harlan	?	?
Harlan Coal & Coke Company, Inc.	Ridgeway	Harlan	1923-1933	125
Ridgeway Coal Corporation	Ridgeway	Harlan	1940-1941	125
Southern Harlan Coal Company	Rue	Harlan	1927-1951	125
Splint Coal Corporation	Splint	Harlan	1939-1942	100
Splint Coal & Coke Company	Splint	Harlan	1937-1938	100
Mahan-Ellison Coal Corporation	Stanfill	Harlan	1923-1951	200
Three Point Coal Corporation	Three Point	Harlan	1931-1957	210
Harlan-Cumberland Coal Mining Company	Totz	Harlan	1921-1925	80
Harlan Ashless Coal Company	Totz	Harlan	1926-1928	80
Harlan Central Coal Company	Totz	Harlan	1932-1948	250
Clover Darby Coal Company	Twila	Harlan	1953-1958	185
Creech Coal Company, Inc.	Twila	Harlan	1916-1952	400
Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation, Inc.	Verda	Harlan	1936-1953	800
Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation, Inc.	Verda	Harlan	1925-1957	800
Wallins Creek Collieries Company	Verda	Harlan	1924-1924	100
Wallins Creek Coal Company, Inc.	Wallins	Harlan	1912-1919	135
Cumberland Cannel Coal Company	Wallins Creek	Harlan	1915-1919	20
Cumberland Valley Fuel & Mining Company	Wallins Creek	Harlan	1917-1919	100
Harlan Wallins Coal Corporation, Inc.	Wallins Creek	Harlan	1925-1932	225
Kentucky King Coal Company	Wallins Creek	Harlan	1932-1936	160
Kentucky King Coal Company	Wallins Creek	Harlan	1918-1924	140
Utlities Coal Corporation	Wallins Creek	Harlan	1925-1932	180
Wallins Creek Collieries Company	Wallins Creek	Harlan	1919-1924	225
Wheeler Boone Coal Company	Wallins Creek	Harlan	1917-1928	70
Dixie Bell Coal Company	Whipple	Harlan	1938-1938	205
Riverside Coal Mining Company	White Star	Harlan	1919-1925	30
White Star Coal Company	White Star	Harlan	1916-1929	185
Harlan Fuel Company	Yancey	Harlan	1927-1930	350
Harlan Fuel Company	Yancey	Harlan	1925-1958	400