Diamonds in the Rough : A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field

Diamonds In The Rough Reconstructs The Historical Moment That Defined The Cahaba Coal Field, A Mineral-rich Area That Stretches Across Sixty-seven Miles And Four Counties Of Central Alabama. Combining Existing Written Sources With Oral Accounts And Personal Recollections, James Sanders Day's Diamonds In The Rough Describes The Numerous Coal Operations In This Region-later Overshadowed By The Rise Of The Birmingham District And The Larger Warrior Field To The North. Discovering And Marketing Coal : 1815-1859 -- Mining And Mapping Coal : 1859-1883 -- Surveying And Developing The Field : 1883-1910 -- Coal Towns : 1881-1919 -- Convict Leasing : 1872-1927 -- Welfare Capitalism : 1915-1933 -- Unionism : 1878-1935 -- Decline And Demise : 1929-1976. James Sanders Day. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [161]-202) And Index.