Central Ohio Coal Company Explained

The Central Ohio Coal Company, once a subsidiary of American Electric Power, is now a subsidiary of CONSOL Energy.^[1] 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] Today, it is still one of the major employers in Morgan County, Ohio,^[6] although its high-sulfur coal now spurs little demand.^[7] Many of the company's employees were members of the United Mine Workers.^[8]

10,000 acres (40 km2) of reclaimed land owned by the company was donated to form The Wilds.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morris . Conor . 2020-01-15 . When the Meigs mines closed . 2024-01-22 . The Athens NEWS . en.
2. Web site: Jeffersonian . BOB HEATONSpecial to The Daily . Big Muskie was world’s largest dragline . 2024-01-22 . The Daily Jeffersonian . en-US.
3. Web site: The Big Muskie - Remembering the walking giant.
4. Web site: LARGEST - Walking Dragline Ever Built - Morgan Co., OH - Superlatives on Waymarking.com . 2024-01-22 . www.waymarking.com.
5. Web site: MII - Mining Reclamation Success - Cove3 Area - AML Project . 2010-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101031112011/http://mii.org/ReclAtoL/centralohio/centralohio.html . 2010-10-31 .
6. Web site: Appalachian Ohio: County History . 2010-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101130163317/http://firstohio.com/main/histories.aspx?CoID=23 . 2010-11-30 .
7. Web site: The Big Muskie - Remembering the walking giant.
8. Web site: Central Ohio Coal receives award . 18 . 2010-08-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100601172311/http://www.msha.gov/PROGRAMS/HSAPUBS/1998/MAYJUN98.pdf#page=18 . 2010-06-01 . dead .
9. Web site: '10,000 Acres' documentary explores the history of The Wilds . 2024-01-22 . Times Recorder . en-US.