Eckhart Mine Between Cumberland and Frostburg, Md.

Identifier:

002623

Title:

Eckhart Mine Between Cumberland and Frostburg, Md.

Description:

'Eckhart mine located between Cumberland and Frostburg, Maryland. This was the first railroad shipping mine in America. it was opened in 1842 when the B&O railroad reached Cumberland, Maryland's George's Creek Coal field. This mine and James Otis Watson's mine opened at Fairmont, Virginia in 1852 were the nucleuses of the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. This was the first mine in America to be located on a railway.'

Subjects:

Coal Mines and Mining--Mine Facilities., Coal trade., Coal mines and mining.

Corporate Names:

Consolidation Coal Company., Eckhart Mine.

Acquisition Source:

Marion County Historical Society

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView