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Rich Hill Mining Review. Serving the Rich Hill area and Southern Bates County since 1886. Click on Logo Below to Read E-Edition.
Once a thriving mining town, Rich Hill’s decline began when the coal was mined out shortly after World War II. Today, like many other small towns in America, it has fallen on hard times, as...
Rich Hill is a city in southern Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 1,232 at the 2020 census.
Feb 9, 2015 · But not in the too distant past, Rich Hill was a large, booming town. And yes, the name Rich Hill came from 'an area where coal mining is rich'- a moniker penned by a local postmaster some 150 years ago.
Within sight of Rich Hill, and not over a quarter of mile distant, immense coal fields have been uncovered and are now being extensively worked by several mining companies. On the 16th of last August, one car of coal was shipped from the recently uncovered Rich Hill coal district to Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf railroad for trial.
Jan 24, 2009 · In a newspaper article in the Rich Hill Mining Review March 27, 1958, Frank Ralston tells about his search and findings on the death and burial of the miners killed in the Gulf No. 6 mine explosion March 29,1888.
