Altoona Coal Mine near Pulaski

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Mr. Burnett,
Your endless list of turnip-related titles included in your signature block have provided me with many smiles.  Here's hoping that your imagination and humor never fails you.
Many Thanks.
Rick Huddle
Delaware, OH
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Subject: Altoona Coal Mine near Pulaski

Col. von Span, Lord High Sheriff of Pulaski County, runs a discussion list devoted to the Bristol Line.  To his list I recently posted a question, asking if anyone could give coordinates for the old Altoona Coal Mine near Pulaski.  This little mine was opened ca. 1877 and furnished engine coal for the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad for a few years.  One source says the mine continued producing its Anthracite mixture until about 1900.

Never a man to let grass grow under his feed, the Colonel quickly produced the following linque, which leads to a modern article pinpointing the location of the mine with laser precision by the use of LIDAR imaging.  And I pass on his find to the Faithful on the N&W List.

https://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2022/03/08/lidar-reveals-geologic-details-of-the-worst-coal-mine-in-the-valley-of-virginia/?fbclid=IwAR0-3iyQYDSMChKvjyNdatCOSkboKsrsyDFXUwAoonqPwZe5TtzPu5rLyrY#comment-6551

I have enthusiastically joined the Colonel's Patreon by faxing in One Shiny Quarter.  By his verve, he has answered my question of many-decades standing.  You Done Good, Colonel.  I suggest everyone fax a Shiny Quarter to the Colonel's Patreon, so that his gallant efforts may be further habilitated.

-- abram burnett
Knights of the Mystic Turnip, Back-Yard Garden Commandery, AFL-CIO


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