Coal Miner
This file appears in: Century of Coal Mining
This photograph shows a miner in the Nisbett Coal Mine near Earlington, Kentucky. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: Century of Coal Mining
Century of Coal Mining
Historical Marker #1338 in Hopkins County celebrates Earlington, a western Kentucky coal town.
Founded in 1870 by the St. Bernard Coal Co., Earlington was named for John B. Earle, who was credited with having stuck the first pick into the…