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Southern West Virginia coalfield
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Southern_West_Virginia_coalfield
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
coal mining region
gptkbp:culturalHeritage
Appalachian music
coal mining traditions
coal camp communities
gptkbp:culturalOrigin
gptkb:Appalachia
gptkbp:demographicFeature
high poverty rate
population loss
gptkbp:economicDecline
late 20th century
gptkbp:energyProduction
electricity generation
gptkbp:environmentalImpact
water pollution
deforestation
mountaintop removal mining
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
gptkb:Mine_Wars
labor movements
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Southern West Virginia coalfield
gptkbp:includesCounty
gptkb:Boone_County
gptkb:Mercer_County
gptkb:Fayette_County
gptkb:Wyoming_County
gptkb:Mingo_County
gptkb:Logan_County
gptkb:McDowell_County
gptkb:Raleigh_County
gptkbp:knownFor
coal mining
gptkbp:laborConflict
gptkb:Matewan_Massacre
Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike
gptkbp:laborUnionActivity
gptkb:United_Mine_Workers_of_America
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:mainIndustry
coal mining
gptkbp:migratory
African American migration
European immigration
gptkbp:miningDisaster
gptkb:Upper_Big_Branch_Mine_disaster
gptkb:Farmington_Mine_disaster
gptkb:Buffalo_Creek_flood
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Battle_of_Blair_Mountain
gptkbp:notableTown
gptkb:Bluefield
gptkb:Welch
gptkb:Williamson
gptkb:Beckley
Logan
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Appalachian_coalfields
gptkbp:population
declining
gptkbp:populationPeak
early 20th century
gptkbp:resourceExtracted
bituminous coal
gptkbp:transportation
gptkb:Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Railway
gptkb:Norfolk_and_Western_Railway
gptkbp:type
bituminous
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Coalfields_(West_Virginia)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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