Belden, Dreanna L. - 2005
STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEETEXASTHURBERMOST IMPORTANT MINE SITE IN TEXAS FOR 30 YEARS. COAL HERE, PROBABLY KNOWN TO INDIANS, WAS "DISCOVERED" IN 1886 BY W. W. JOHNSON, WHO WITH HIS BROTHER HARVEY SOLD OUT TO TEXAS & PACIFIC COAL COMPANY IN 1888. (T. & P. COAL COMPANY PROVIDED FUEL FOR THE...