Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field

by James Sanders Day

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817317945
• ISBN13: 9780817317942
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"