The Maryland Mining Company is a historic coal mining, iron producer and railroad company that operated in Allegany County, Maryland.
The company was based in Eckhart Mines, Maryland; the location in Braddock Run was among the first bituminous coal mines developed in the Georges Creek Valley.
Read more about Maryland Mining Company: History, Timeline of The Railroad
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