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A tour through mining country
SEK is centerpiece of national mining history
Group photo of coal tour
Touring members of the Mining History Association stop for a group photo in front of the Miners Park statue in Frontenac before exploring the city’s new Heritage Hall Museum and library. - photo by Dustin R. Strong / The Moring Sun
WEIR COAL FIELDS, Kan. — For the first time in the 36-year history of the Mining History Association, southeast Kansas took center stage, Thursday. Nearly 50 mining history enthusiasts from around the country — and even from as far as Tasmania and Finland — gathered in Pittsburg for a tour through the old Weir coal fields in Cherokee and Crawford Counties.