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Central Ohio Coal Company
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]
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- ^ Jeffersonian, BOB HEATONSpecial to The Daily. "Big Muskie was world's largest dragline". The Daily Jeffersonian. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "The Big Muskie - Remembering the walking giant".
- ^ "LARGEST - Walking Dragline Ever Built - Morgan Co., OH - Superlatives on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "MII - Mining Reclamation Success - Cove3 Area - AML Project". Archived from the original on 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ "Appalachian Ohio: County History". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ "The Big Muskie - Remembering the walking giant".
- ^ "Central Ohio Coal receives award" (PDF). p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ "'10,000 Acres' documentary explores the history of The Wilds". Times Recorder. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
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