Maxwell Elementary School

Western Coalfields

By, Natalie, Rachel, and Alan

• The Western coalfield produces about half (43%) of Kentucky's coal.
• The Western coalfield gets its name from its deposits of coal in all parts of it.
• The land is flat so it is easier to get coal from the ground than it is in Eastern Kentucky.  In the Western Coalfields the companies have to restore the land when they are finished mining for coal.  This means that they have to clean up and make sure the land looks the same as it did before they began mining.
• The people also farm in this region.  In the Western counties of this region more than 40% of the land is used for farming (see graph).

II. GEOGRAPHY

• The Western coalfield has about 320,000 square miles.
• The Western Coalfield looks like the land of Pennyroyal (flat and not many trees).
• This region is located in Western Kentucky.
• The Western Coalfield's biggest cities are, Owensboro, Madisonville, and Henderson.

*Picture-A coal worker works with coal.