Coal Towns, from The Mine Wars

Season 28 Episode 2

The realities of company-built towns for West Virginia miners.

West Virginia coal operators built small, company-owned towns for their miners to live in. The coal towns were almost always unincorporated; there were no elected officials, no independent police forces. Owners hired private detective agencies to watch over their workforce. Company towns were also untethered from the free market competition owners usually championed.

AIR DATE 1/26/16

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