STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEETEXASTHURBERMOST IMPORTANT MINE SITE IN TEXAS FOR 30 YEARS. COAL HERE, PROBABLY KNOWN TO INDIANS, WAS "DISCOVERED" IN 1886 BY W. W. JOHNSON, WHO WITH HIS BROTHER HARVEY SOLD OUT TO TEXAS & PACIFIC COAL COMPANY IN 1888. (T. & P. COAL COMPANY PROVIDED FUEL FOR THE...

THIS IS THE SITE OF THE FIRST COMMERCIAL COAL PRODUCED IN TEXAS BY TEXAS & PACIFIC COAL COMPANY. MINED IN 1888. THIS COMPANY WAS THE FORERUNNER OF TEXAS PACIFIC COAL AND OIL COMPANY, NOW ONE OF THE NATION'S SUBSTANTIAL INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS OF OIL AND GAS.THE TRANSITION FROM COAL MINING TO...