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Wallsend Mine was the first to begin operations in Bell County, starting in 1889 with 1500 acres of coal land. The extension of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to this area in 1888 marked the beginning of a new industrial era. The mine was not a financial success until it was purchased in 1904 by Wallsend Coal and Coke Co., a Kentucky corporation whose stock was held mostly in England.
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