Black Diamond Company
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- Apr 5, 1885The Boomtown Frontier: A Steam-Powered Excursion into Kent and Black DiamondIn 1885, Seattle's elite boarded a special train to tour the burgeoning coal-mining boomtowns emerging along the Cedar and Green River valleys.Black Diamond, WA
- May 11, 1888The Black Diamond Strike: When a Single Wage Dispute Paralyzed 350 MinersA local labor assembly ordered a halt to production at the Black Diamond coal mine after a miner was paid as a laborer despite working underground. Company agents claim ignorance of the cause, but the men stand firm.Black Diamond, WA
- Jan 1, 1891The Boom Under the Cascades: Washington's Coal ExplosionAs Seattle’s economy surged in 1890, the coal industry hit a record-breaking output, fueling the region’s expansion and signaling the arrival of major Eastern capital.Seattle, WA
- Jan 11, 1895Two Coal Colliers Vanished With Seattle Men AboardThe Keweenaw and the Matanzas, both familiar in Seattle harbor, were given up for lost between British Columbia and San Francisco—taking a crew that included the Keweenaw's captain, his son, and a Seattle engineer.Seattle, WA