The small town prospered, as did its neighbor, East Lynn, during the coal boom of the early 20th century.

In 1890, when the coal boom was in full swing," Bullitt "organized the Police Guard of Big Stone Gap.

In 1972, he purchased Chapperal Coal Company and became extremely wealthy during the coal boom that resulted from the 1973 oil crisis.

As the coal boom began to wane, Patton sold most of his coal interests in 1978.

At the end of the 19th century coal boom affected Cieszyn Silesia and industrialization rapidly grew.

Exline grew considerably with the coal boom.

St. Charles was a center of commerce for the mining camps and communities that surrounded it during the coal boom of the early twentieth century.

There are growing concerns about the impact of this coal boom on the environment.

The first decade of the 20th century was the period of the coal boom in South Wales, when population growth exceeded 20 per cent.

Much of the town has disappeared since the end of the coal boom.