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	6