The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-12-02
JzMJE MAN USED >
COAL YEARS AGG
discovered By Indians, But
no Record Of II Being
Used by Them.


-~-sfnzF zsas first discovered and used
8yra MIN men in Kentucky in 1850,
=a.K sfsruse and production has stea-
.dssc Increased during most of the in
sryening Az years, DR.. w. Rouse
f7fHazn l.director and geologist OF
Esszsneky Geological Survey. asserted
tss1ss IN reading a history of the coal
ssS<tgy In Kentucky before the Fill
szz1 s.fnb That the Indians and their
tSszszsears undoubtedly knew of coal.
ezyszc harmed il, DR.. Thomas Wal
zxE- ccredited with being the first
sz7sfstzs znsn TO traverse the wilderness
a. zszs %Thcse survey was the basis on
z=Ss6sA the boundary line between
asH1zseky and tennessee was finally
rsxsg4ined, was the first white man
a. EszS3 md use coal and record the
szS. "a Kentucky. DR.. Walkers
<sssrzs. published by the Filson Club.
znF sTNsrh was quoted by DR.. Jillson.
-.ssssz.x an entry on April 10, 1850,
rEassTssn Walker mentions the finding
M Nz1xe lumps of coal in Cumber-
axzsE Sap, Then called Cave Gap, and
mas: Tor camp fires. His diary.
;ssnszaraing TO Dr. Jillson, shows fire.
zea-1Er mention of coal thereafter.
EAz gibson, after giving credit to
HFEg3tsns for first seeing and using
sr-1s &STS>eiy for the carving of orna-
-,-zx.xrs. expressed the opinion that it
vsxzss szralge that they did not dis
,-5ss5zT sts burning properties, mas
SxzESsz as they were always putting
sssExes INTO fires for cooking purposes.
t5sz zRdians of the Southwest he
81 grssa. used coal for firing pottery.
zsz,1hen dealt with the formation
= zSzrS0s IN which he said the newly
& gzz-zz - land was covered VITA forss.
s---sisezsnce aEas L wered into tn sea.
---7sSssas-s III was t1rned into So for
Ssszz5sS1 that later solicited into coal.
FEz] earliest known white man to
-sssase. according to DR.. Jillson. He
zsss.r zs0i, however, apparently discov-
- n Vr41s, stu ring his trip down the Ohio
Tllvz1 Ehe mouth of the Allegheny in
-YrzssScz&. nor did other explorers who
nesa.sas ON The borders of the state
ssszsasan 1913 and 1900.
- -z'Essc exact date of the starting oil
-ssss production of coal for intra-state !
.z-r,zayurt is uncertain" DR.. Jillson |
=-SAlsr '-Sss,ESI 1t is certain that the ex-
1ss-zs.d All Ihe coal fields and many of |
t1lss hest veins were known in 1910"
= zaAS $40 William ID. Mclean open
,asa. a mime on Green River, the first
ssuanSs5sercial operation in the Western
E5z.ssa 1aass y fields. Production for sale
In. E3ta was 32S short tons Prior to
s1ssss s-nal seems to have figured little
IN. Kas- calculations of writers and ex-
.s2srs-ySs. he said, as Ellison, in his
a.zssa xsz b]ished in 1884 fails to men
Eszua NJ Mining. however, has been
ssazyza2lGally carried on from l15Z
szErf Sszriug the latter part OF the
szssbaEsHRfh century was used to forge
szzax szznelted in the first iron furnace
guz.Css az The '-Alleghenies, which was
sszzHAsa AT Owingsville.
5lzzee 1928 the coal production OF
S.tz1 =xHte has grown steadily with
Es5s.y ihslt after and during the Civil
r w. Igsi MISREPRESENTATION fell from more
-fessar zs59 900 tons to approximately
xsss @saU tons. 1t regained its impe-
ms 10 sy the Civil War however. al
tNscssk flne development was compar-
.EssElss slow until 1913 when rail
sy-ss1s 7.sere extended to the head
sEszrss of mountain streams and the
7,sSaa1xzion grew in leaps and bounds.
grR.. rsiIal production of the state as
-s-ssszSassi from 1928 to 1920 inclu-
ssHzs wits -403, 535,5S1 tons, he said.
csE 1laJs 5,O23 ,557 tons were produc-
ss'K caring The year 1913 to 1920 in
-ssssS1zre and only 1SS,512,O24 tons
gsJlssr aa 1919 The production from
x@y1gzs 1920 inclusive was 100, AL
AM znns valued at S327,9S9,755.
"a. firsl Legislation affecting the
ssal Tnsiustry was the creation OF the
sskzrEneky Geological Survey in 1854
/, Ssslss xD ASA the office of mine~in-
sysasS,A9 1Nss created and in 1886
R1aa SSzSs passed requiring mines hay-
szss SSensy employees or more to have
II szasfssN-eigh man appointed by the
sxxpsOyss in 1887 the law requir- /.
EEE SSsza lated ventilation was pass
-esaf c-gEIrinE mine owners TO pay
ss1sa amen before the sixteenth of the .
f1ux1s following that in which ser =
3 s5a.sr sSsss rendered In 1902 the age
Z. ssass all g5ahild labor was set at IA -,
- IN a anG ,vaS roiSad ~ "a