CROOKSVILLE FIELD
Muskingum and Perry Counties
Eastern Ohio was the land of giants among coal mining equipment. One of the
most famous was the Big Muskie Bucyrus-Erie dragline. It was owned by Central Ohio Coal Company (a subsidiary of American Electric Power)
and used at their large surface mine from 1969 until 1991. Despite valiant efforts to preserve it it has been scrapped except for
the bucket of the dragline, shown here in its current state as a roadside tourist attraction.
COSHOCTON FIELD
Coshocton and Muskingum Counties
Abandoned tipple in Jackson Twp. in Coshocton County. (Photo courtesy of Coshocton First Edition)
Another view of the abanoned tipple. (Photo courtesy of Coshocton First Edition)
POMEROY FIELD
Meigs and Gallia Counties (and northern Mason County, WV)
This is one of the oldest coalfields in Ohio, with mines dating back to the early 19th Century. However, little remains from
the early days of mining in the Pomeroy Coalfield. Coal was still being shipped from area mines as late as the 1950s.
This river tipple on East Main Street in Pomeroy, along the Ohio River, was called
"The last remnant of the old coal tipple built in the 1800's ... to support the thriving mining industry in Pomeroy..." by the local newspaper. It was demolished in 2004. (Photo courtesy of the Pomeroy Daily Sentinel)
One of the last coal mines in the area was the one operated by American Electric Power's subsidiary Southern Ohio Coal Co. It's coal was transported to a power plant across a fifteen mile overland conveyor, a portion of which is shown here.
LISBON FIELD
Columbiana and Mahoning County
OH BITUMINOUS COALFIELDS NOT COVERED BY THIS WEBSITE
Ironton (Lawrence, Gallia, Jackson Counties)
Massillion (Stark, Wayne, and Summit Counties)
Palmyra (Mahoning and Portage Counties)
Beehive coke ovens(Couresty of The Village of Leetonia)