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Kentucky
Blue Heron (Mine 18) coal town
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Wheat cents, Mercury and Roosevelt dimes, company scrip.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1937-1962 coal company town
A Stearns Coal and Lumber Company town on the Big South Fork whose mines ran from 1937 to December 1962. When the mines closed the town was abandoned and its buildings removed or left to decay.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
river, old mine openings
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