Convicts, Coal, and the Banner Mine Tragedy

by William Warren Rogers and Robert David Ward

Book Overview

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In the late 1870s, Jefferson County, Alabama, and the town of Elyton (near the future Birmingham) became the focus of a remarkable industrial and mining revolution. Together with the surrounding counties, the area was penetrated by railroads. Surprisingly large deposits of bituminous coal, limestone, and iron ore--the exact ingredients for the manufacture of iron and, later, steel--began to be exploited...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817303049
• ISBN13: 9780817303044
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"