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]

Notes

1. Morris, Conor (2020-01-15). "When the Meigs mines closed". The Athens NEWS. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
2. Jeffersonian, BOB HEATONSpecial to The Daily. "Big Muskie was world's largest dragline". The Daily Jeffersonian. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
3. "The Big Muskie - Remembering the walking giant".
4. "LARGEST - Walking Dragline Ever Built - Morgan Co., OH - Superlatives on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
5. "MII - Mining Reclamation Success - Cove3 Area - AML Project". Archived from the original on 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
6. "Appalachian Ohio: County History". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
7. "The Big Muskie - Remembering the walking giant".
8. "Central Ohio Coal receives award" (PDF). p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
9. "'10,000 Acres' documentary explores the history of The Wilds". Times Recorder. Retrieved 2024-01-22.