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Coal mining, both strip and underground, has been an important industry in Meigs County since the late 19th century, although mining of all types largely ceased by the 1990s. The effects of mining are still readily seen on the landscape today. Features such as high walls, spoil piles, and irregular topography are still prevalent.
At one time, they owned and operated Big Muskie in the Cumberland, Ohio area. [2] They were responsible for fueling the AEP Muskingum River Power Plant at Relief, Ohio. [3] From the 1960s to the late 1980s, the company employed nearly 1,000 people in southeastern Ohio, [4] producing up to 1.7 million tons of coal annually. [5]
Pomeroy (/ ˈpʌmrɔɪ / PUM-roy[4]) is a village in and the county seat of Meigs County, Ohio, United States, [5] along the Ohio River about 21 miles (34 km) south of Athens. The population was 1,573 at the 2020 census.
FIPS code. 39-69358 [3] GNIS feature ID. 2399150 [2] Website. www.villageofrutland.org. Rutland is a village in Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The population was 427 at the 2020 census.
The Pittsburgh coal seam is the thickest and most extensive coal bed in the Appalachian Basin; [1] hence, it is the most economically important coal bed in the eastern United States. The Upper Pennsylvanian Pittsburgh coal bed of the Monongahela Group is extensive and continuous, extending over 11,000 mi 2 through 53 counties.
In the 1960s, the route was improved by the then Ohio Department of Highways to help facilitate traffic to and from the nearby Meigs Mines coal operations. The routing never changed from its original 1937 route but as the mining operations ceased, heavy truck diminished negating the need for state maintenance. [5]
Website. consolenergy.com. Consol Energy Inc. / kənˈsɒl / is an American energy company with interests in coal headquartered in the suburb of Cecil Township, in the Southpointe complex, just outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [4] In 2017, Consol formed two separate entities: CNX Resources Corporation and CONSOL Energy Inc.
Beginning in 2007, the organization took on the issue of coal plant pollution, with campaigns to end mountaintop removal coal mining, block a new AMP-Ohio coal plant in Meigs County and a Baard Energy coal refinery in Columbiana County, to press FirstEnergy, AEP, and Duke Energy to retire outdated coal plants statewide, to reform federal coal ...