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Moonville coal mining rail town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, coal-mining tools, lantern parts, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
mid-1800s to 1947 coal mining and railroad settlement
Small coal mining community on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, built around the Coe and Ferguson families, where trestles and a tunnel made the tracks deadly; over 21 people were killed there. The mines played out around 1900 and the last family left in 1947.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
creek crossings at old trestle sitesTunnel, remote
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