Louisville Historical Museum

After reading about the different types of coal mining, reflect on the pros and cons of each type, either with this activity or in small discussion groups as directed by your teacher.

Types of Coal Mining Activity

The coal beds in the Northern Coal Fields of Colorado were deep underground. The location of coal affects the type of coal mining used. What are some of the pros and cons of different types of coal mining?

Types of Coal Mining

Louisville (pronounced Lewis-ville) is a small City in Boulder County, Colorado at the base of the Rocky Mountains. The primary industry from 1878 through 1955 was coal mining. Today it is a thriving community of 22,000 residents with a few clues about it's mining past.

Louisville Timeline

Learn all about coal: the geological processes that create it, what it's made of, its different ranks, and what it's used for today.
Consider what effects lead to the changes in quality of coal. What do you think your town looked like in the Late Cretaceous period?

Creation of Coal

Using your knowledge of coalification, fill out the ranks of coal as well as what causes the changes in ranks. What could these answers have on the effect of your town overtime?

Fill in the Blank: Coal Creation

The type of coal mining and the location of the coal mines changed what type of town Louisville would be. Click the hot spots to learn more!

How Coal Changed Louisville

What was the name of the Louisville baseball team? Click around the Escape Room and use what you've learned to unscramble the letters to answer this question.

Coal's Impact on Louisville, Colorado

Louisville (pronounced Lewis-ville) is a small City in Boulder County, Colorado at the base of the Rocky Mountains. The primary industry from 1878 through 1955 was coal mining. Today it is a thriving community of 22,000 residents with a few hints to its mining past. As you look through the timeline, think about how Louisville would have been different if coal wasn't found here. Who would have come here? What work would they have done?


Underground Coal Mining Impacts on a Small Town

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Massive machinery at work in the open-pit Wyodak coal mine in the coal-rich Powder River Basin outside Gillette, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

Stunning image from Carol M. Highsmith's monumental Library of Congress Collection. For 38 years Carol has travelled America capturing beautiful moments in time, preserving them for future generations. By donating these images to the Library of Congress she has generously made these images available to the public domain for everyone to enjoy.

Photograph, Open Pit Mining

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