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Egypt Coal Mine

Site, Cumnock (Sanford), North Carolina.

Side
Confederate
Kind
Site
Where
Cumnock (Sanford), North Carolina
Years
1861-1865
Today
Marker only
Civil War Supply Lines

EGYPT COAL MINE

Coal from the mine fueled the railroads, the Confederate Navy Yard at Charlotte and blockade runners at Wilmington. The coal burned dark, which raised the risk that a runner using it would be spotted. The mine worked at intervals from 1856 to 1929.

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EGYPT COAL MINE

Operated at intervals, 1856-1929. Aided the Confederate war effort. Site of explosions, 1895 & 1900. Shaft 2 mi. N.

H-41Lee County
North Carolina highway marker H-41. Where it stands

Then

Coal from the mine fueled the railroads, the Confederate Navy Yard at Charlotte and blockade runners at Wilmington. The coal burned dark, which raised the risk that a runner using it would be spotted.

The mine worked at intervals from 1856 to 1929 and was closed from 1870 to 1888 after flooding on the Deep River.

Now

Marker only

A state highway marker (H-41) stands on Cumnock Road. The shaft lies about 2 miles north.

Lines owned by Norfolk Southern and smaller railroads run through Cumnock (Sanford) today.

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Nearby

Sources

  1. Egypt Coal Mine (H-41), NC DNCR
  2. Egypt Coal Mine marker, HMDB