TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA

I am including these two states to round out the inventory of coalfields in Appalachia. Coal company towns existed in both of them. From what I have learned their heyday of mining is behind them, though both are still producing. It is doubtful that I will get to devote much time and attention to this southern end of the large Appalachian Coal Basin, but I welcome pictures, maps, and stories to be sent to me to add to this page.

EASTERN TENNESSEE COALFIELDS

CUMBERLAND GAP COALFIELD (Claiborne & Campbell County, KY, and Bell & Knox County, KY)

JELLICO COALFIELD (Campbell and Scott County and Whitely County, KY)

LAFOLLETTE COALFIELD (Campbell and Anderson County)

WARTBURG COALFIELD (Morgan and Anderson County)

ROCKWOOD COALFIELD (Cumberland and Roane County)

SODDY COALFIELD (Hamilton and Rhea County)

Ruins of beehive coke ovens in Tracy City, TN. These are also known as the Lone Oak coke ovens. (Photo courtesy of Kerri Hudson)

Remaining coal camp houses in Oneida, TN.

Former company store in Oneida, TN.

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NORTHERN ALABAMA COALFIELDS (INCLUDING GEORGIA)

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN COALFIELD (Dekalb, Cherokee, & Etowah County and Dade & Walker County, GA)

SAND MOUNTAIN COALFIELD (Jackson, Dekalb, Etowah, Marshall, and Blount County)

WARRIOR COALFIELD (Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Fayette, Walker, Winston, and Marion County)

CAHABA COALFIELD (St. Clair, Jefferson, Shelby, and Bibb County)

COOSA COALFIELD (St. Clair and Shelby County)

Ruins of the tipple at Brookside, AL (Public domain photo by David Diesing, Historical American Engineering Record).

Former Birmingham Coal and Iron Company store in Mulga, AL, with separate enterances for the meat market, grocery, and dry goods sections (Public domain photo by Jet Lowe, Historical American Engineering Record).

Former coal camp house in Mulga, AL (Public domain photo by Jet Lowe, Historical American Engineering Record).

Slate dump left over from the Pratt Mine in Birmingham (Public domain photo by Jet Lowe, Historical American Engineering Record).

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