Mines & minerals (MD)

The Coal Talk Oral History project includes stories and memories from Western Maryland coal communities. This includes perspectives of the women and men in the coal mining families, as well as the insights, experiences, and contributions of those who went into the mines. Interviews are also available for viewing. The oral history project was directed by Dr. Gail N. Herman, assisted by Reverend John Grant. The project was sponsored in 1989-1993 by Garrett Recreation, Parks, and Tourism with partial funding from Garrett County Development Corporation.

The Way We Worked is a Smithsonian traveling exhibition that was displayed February 2017 in Allegany County, Maryland. The Western Maryland Heritage Association presented exhibitions about ‘the way we worked’ at six locations in Allegany County in conjunction with Maryland Humanities and the Smithsonian. The Allegany Museum in Cumberland traced the changes that have affected the American workforce and work environments over the past 150 years.

The Story of the Potomac Refining Company was researched and reported by Andrew Clemens, former President of the Baltimore County Historical Society. Nationwide advertisement campaigns like "Sixty Dollars a Second" and "The Business That Makes Millionaires" were launched in an attempt to sell stock in the Dargan Bend mines, along the Potomac River.