Coal Mining in Johnson County Proposal: In the first half of this century, Johnson County was a center of activity for coal mining. Being the only industry (besides agriculture) in the area, the mining companies employed much of the population. The goal of this page is to describe the people who worked in the mines as well as their family and working conditions. Brief History of Coal Mining in ...

Eckley is one of the hundreds of company mining towns or "patches" built in the anthracite region during nineteenth century. ...

William Bauchop Wilson United Mine Workers of America (1900 - 1908) Strike of 1899-1900 As reported by The Blossburg Advertiser December 1898 through December 1899. William B. Wilson worked closely as a friend and ally of UMWA president John Mitchell. Soon after Wilson took the secretary-treasurer position in 1900, the UMWA organized a strike that included Tioga County. At this point, Mary ...

THE AFRICAN MINERS' STRIKE OF 1946 (1) by M. P. Naicker Two hundred thousand subterranean heroes who, by day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep levels, ranging from 1, 000 to 3, 000 feet in the bowels of the earth, sacrifice their lungs to the rock dust which develops miners' phthisis and pneumonia. - Sol Plaatjie, first ...

United Mine Workers Union Union born and bred, on union money I was fed, and I'll be union 'til I'm dead. This common chant was taught to all young miner's children. The union was at the beginning of every mining town in Arkansas. Through the union, miners were able to get better health care, housing, and fairer prices on consumer goods. Most coal mining towns had a company store where the ...