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Beckley Smokeless Coal Capital Shows Rich Underground Empire
Beckley is portrayed as the center of a vast smokeless coal region covering about 2,500 square miles with a northeast southw est strip. The article traces early neglect to geography and lack of transport, then credits railroads and tech advances for rapid development and record 1926 sales of over 51 million tons, noting smokeless coal's high carbon content and low ash compared with anthracite.
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