The coal mines of Southern Colorado were owned and operated almost exclusively by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) to help fuel trains for the vast rail road network that was pushing its way through the American West, and to fire the furnaces of the steelworks plant in Pueblo, Colorado. In all, there were approximately 53 mines operating in the region over the course of the company’s history. Several grades of coal were mined by CF&I in Colorado, the most significant being bituminous coal as it is especially abundant in Southern Colorado, and its low-ash and low-sulphur content make it suitable for producing coke. CF&I’s coal mines have also been a source of intense controversy over the years, especially concerning labor relations between the company and its employees. One of the most famous incidents in American labor history, the Ludlow Massacre, resulted from a dispute between CF&I and its coal miners in 1914. 

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1. Allen
2. Anthricite
3. Berwind (El Moro No. 2)
4. Brookside (Rockvale No. 7)
5. Cameron (Robinson No. 4)
6. Chandler
7. Coal Basin
8. Coal Creek
9. Coal Ridge (Wheeler)
10. Cokedale
11. Cornell
12. Crested Butte
13. Cuatro
14. Elk Mountain (Pershing)
15. Emerald
16. Floresta (Ruby)
17. Engle (El Moro No.1)
18. Frederick
19. Fremont (Bear Gulch)
20. Hezron
21. Ideal
22. Jobal
23. Kebler No. 1 (Tiaoga)
24. Kebler No. 2 (Big Four)
25. Lester (Midway)
26. Marion
27. McNalley
28. Maxwell
29. Mitchell
30. Morley
31. New Rouse (Rouse No. 4)
32. Newcastle
33. Nonac (Rockvale No. 5)
34. Old Rouse (Rouse No. 5)
35. Pictou (Robinson No. 3)
36. Placita
37. Primero (Smith Canyon)
38. Quinto
39. Ravenwood
40. Redstone
41. Robinson
42. Rockvale
43. Segundo
44. Sopris Mines
45. Spring Gulch
46. Starkville
47. Sunshine (Sunlight)
48. Tabasco
49. Tercio
50. Toller
51. Toltec
52. Valdez
53. Wagon Wheel Gap (Fluorspar)
54. Walsen Mines

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