The story of coal and iron in Alabama
By: Ethel Armes ; preface to the 2011 edition by James R. Bennett
Publisher: University of Alabama Press; University Alabama Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 686
ISBN-13: 9780817356828; 9780817385774
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources; Coal mines and mining; Economic conditions; Iron industry and trade
Notes: Originally published: Birmingham, Ala. : Pub. under auspices of the Chamber of commerce, 1910.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The planting of the seed; title: Records of early growth; title: First furnace and first railroad; title: Early records of Jefferson and Walker counties; title: Iron making and coal mining in Tuskaloosa county, 1830-1861; title: Bibb and Shelby counties, 1820-1861; title: Pioneer iron making in northeastern Alabama, 1830-1861, and first state geological survey; title: Early railroad enterprises; title: Internal conditions of state and outbreak of war; title: Confederate arsenal and naval foundry; title: Coal mining in Civil War period; title: Iron making in war period; title: Iron making in war period (continued) : the fall of Selma; title: Resurrection of the iron works 1866-1870; title: The founding of a great workshop town, 1869-1872; title: Reconstruction of Oxmoor and advent of Louisville and Nashville railroad into Alabama 1872-1873; title: Life saving measures 1873-1878; title: Birmingham militant 1876-1880; title: A chapter of progress 1880-1886; title: The northeastern counties 1870-1890; title: The great boom of Birmingham 1886-1887; title: More big business 1886 : records of Sloss Iron and Steel Company and pioneer mining and manufacturing company; title: Advent of Tennessee Company into Alabama (1886) and its early trials and tribulations; title: A series of lively incidents in the Birmingham and Sheffield districts 1887; title: The march of the T. C. I. 1888-1895; title: Affairs of Birmingham district 1890-1909 : Birmingham Coal and Iron Company : Dimmick Pipe Company Southern Iron and Steel Company : Sloss-sheffield Steel and Iron Company; title: Present day affairs of Birmingham district history of the T. C. I. (continued) : organization of Alabama consolidated coal and iron company; title: The making of Walker County : Pratt Consolidated Coal Company, Galloway Coal Company, Corona Coal Company, Empire Coal Company and others; title: The triumph of the T. C. I.