Diamonds in the Rough

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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.

subjects: Coal mines and mining, history,  Businesspeople, biography,  Company towns,  Alabama, history, local,  Alabama, biography,  Alabama, social conditions,  Alabama, economic conditions,  Coal mines and mining,  Local History,  Coalfields,  Economic conditions,  Businessmen,  Social conditions,  Biography,  History