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Entrance to the mine.
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This is the small mine that gave the town of Seco its name and its very existence. Although elsewhere in Letcher County huge mines were operated by equally huge companies — International Harvester at Benham; Consolidation Coal Company and later Bethlehem Steel at Jenkins — this little mine was run by a commensurately small company, the South Eastern COal Company, now long gone.
At the entrance, you can stand up, if you're short; but soon enough you'll be working lying down on a trolley in very cramped quarters. |
A close‑up of the coal seam to the right of the entrance. |
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