KENTUCKY COAL MINING MUSEUM (BENHAM, KENTUCKY)

“Visitors to the museum can view the process detailing the formation of coal by looking at several visuals and fossil displays. Next a narrated video describes the early coal mining days in Benham and Lynch. Other displays include items from the company hospital, early mining tools, items from the commissary and the miner”s home, and a working scale model of a coal tipple. A photography collection documenting the history of Benham – mining accidents, new buildings, people, etc. – can also be seen.”

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