An underground coal car in front of the restored rail depot in Wellston.
The former store of the Wellston Coal Company (Public domain photo by HAER [Historical American Engineering Record])
The names on these headstones at the Coalton cemetery are fine English, Scottish, and Irish names, suggesting that Eastern and Southern European immigration to the Jackson Coalfield was minimal.
The company store in Coalton, Ohio as it looked in 1880. (from a great book titled "History of the Coal-Mining
Industry in Ohio" by Douglas L. Crowell)
These coke ovens in Vinton County are believed to be the only ones of their type
remaining in the world. These "Belgium Coke Ovens" were constructed of a brick that was designed and manufactured in Belgium and shipped
to the Jackson Coalfield of Ohio. Their operation was to support the Vinton Iron Furnace, but the high sulfer coal of the area did
not produce a satisfactory coke, and the ovens were abandoned.(Courtesy of J.Markiel @ www.oldindustry.org)