Going back 100 years, Highsplint played significant role in mining

Going back 100 years, Highsplint played significant role in mining

By Micah Turner Coalfield Chronicles If one was to mention machine guns and coal camps in the same sentence, many locals first thoughts would be to the infamous “Bloody Harlan” and the events of several mine strikes over the years. Though having been out of service since 2013, the old Clover Fork branch of the L&N left the Cumberland Valley main at Harlan Junction and extended up the Clover Fork of the Kentucky River to service several dozens of…