WHEELWRIGHT, KENTUCKY & PRICE, KENTUCKY
Company houses built by the Elkhorn Coal Corp., probably in the 1910s, in Wheelwright, KY.
In 1930 the Inland Steel Company of East Chicago, Indiana purchased the Wheelwright mines and coal camp. Here are some of the
remaining buildings that Inland Steel Co. either constructed or remodled in 1941. They are in the center of Wheelwright.
One of the buildings at Wheelwright, pictured here, was once the clubhouse. The owner had allowed this unique and historic structure to fall into ruin.
Steps running up the hill in the heart of the Wheelwright coal camp.
Wheelwright mine portals.
When the coal reserves of the Wheelwright mines became depleted Inland Steel developed a new coal mine a few miles away in Price, KY in 1951. The mine closed in 1991, but these remnants of the coal
processing complex remain.
Most of the preparation plant at Price, KY has been demolished, but this small portion of it, along with the refuse conveyor running up the mountain, are still in existence.
The former offices of the Inland Steel Price Mine. In 1965 Inland Steel sold their Wheelwright-Price properties to Island Creek Coal Co.
Wheelwright coal miners waiting for the mantrip to take them into the mine.
Aerial tramway taking coal refuse to a burning slate dump.
Hand loading in what looks like a 42" section of the Wheelwright mine.
Working on a Joy loader.
Coal miners at the end of their shift waiting for the mantrip to pick them up and take them back
outside at Wheelwright.
Wheelwright residents hanging out in the soda fountain.
Nov. 2006 image by author
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2014 image by Lynden Spears via Facebook
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1940's image from "A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry" via the National Archives
1940's image from "A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry" via the National Archives
1940's image from "A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry" via the National Archives
1940's image from "A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry" via the National Archives
Circa 1940 American Mining Congress image
1940's image from "A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry" via the National Archives