I was there when that mine was started.. RB #11.... Had a miner man and (1) car driver.. Cut a place, then go bolt it...

I grew up going to Blackstar Pentecostal church, my family all lived (some still do) in Pathfork and Blackmont growing up.

Please visit the abandoned Swanee Train Loadout in Isom Ky, I’ve been staring at it for most of my life just wondering “I wonder what’s inside” it’s impossible to miss if you just look up Isom Kentucky on google maps, it’s about 4 acres of concrete 2 stacking tubes 2 small buildings a shaker deck and one conveyor left from when they were still using it. I think the county is using it for something now but they don’t work on sundays you can get in if you just walk along the rail road tracks a little bit.

Hauled a lot of coal from the strip job and the two deep mines over on the Smith side

Is this the Blackstar Coal Camp? I had family who worked and attended school at Blackstar. They've said that it was a good experience as kids and far better than other areas in Appalachian Kentucky. My family worked the mines in the 40's and early 50's.

Well ,the equipment that you refrence that is recovering coal from the reclamation project was idle because we couldn't get paid. The deadbeat owners are less than scum!

the coal goes thru the prep plant it will separate coal and it will crush coal

That's not path fork bud. That's Alva/ black star Kentucky

Hey Porty1119! You familar with Eagle Picher Mine near Joplin MO?

You should went on and cut to the right went up the hill to 4 and 5 mine y u was up their