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Along with Consol's office, the building also contained several businesses and has even housed Van Lear's city hall. After the building was abandoned, Citizens National Bank eventually purchased it and in 1984 it was given to the Van Lear Historical Society. The historical society then established the Coal Miners' Museum.
The Van Lear mines are referred to by country music singer Loretta Lynn in her songs "Coal Miner's Daughter" and in the title song of her Van Lear Rose album, by Tyler Childers in the song "Coal" from his "Bottles and Bibles" album, and by Dwight Yoakam in "Miner's Prayer" from his Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. album.
Butcher Hollow is not an independent town or village in its own right. Currently, Van Lear is an unincorporated community. There are no deep mines operating in Van Lear proper, although some mines operate nearby. Most of the residents work in locations outside Van Lear, including the nearby cities of Paintsville, Prestonsburg, and Pikeville ...
The Eastern Kentucky Coalfield covers 31 counties with a combined land area of 13,370 sq mi (34,628 km 2), or about 33.1 percent of the state's land area.Its 2000 census population was 734,194 inhabitants, or about 18.2 percent of the state's population.
The Mine No. 5 Store (Now known as Webb's Store) is a historic department store located in Van Lear, Kentucky, United States. [1] The two-story, wood-frame building was constructed in 1918 by Consolidated Coal Company. [2] On January 26, 1989, the structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
Blythe's Scott County Museum, closed and donated collection to Scott County Museum of History in 2021; Gallery Mint Museum, Eureka Springs [28] [29] Marine Corps Legacy Museum, Harrison, closed in 2010; Museum of Chicot County Arkansas, Lake Village, closed in 2014 [30] Museum of Earth History, Eureka Springs, moved to Dallas, Texas
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Aldrich Coal Mine Museum; B. ... Coal Miners' Museum (Van Lear) D. David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum; H. Harrison County History of Coal Museum; K.