Liberty Coal has signalled an aggressive turnaround strategy at Optimum Colliery, placing operational control in the hands of its newly ...

FRANKLIN, Kan. — A walking dragline used decades ago for coal and clay mining in Southeast Kansas is about to go on the move again. This time, with a little help. The entire Page 618 walking dragline ...

FRANKLIN, Kan. — A key piece of Southeast Kansas coal mining history made the move Friday from an old coal field in northeastern Cherokee County to its final home in Franklin, Kansas. Derrick Tilton ...

The Miners Hall Museum will host a program, “Moving a Giant: Behind the Relocation of the Page 618,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at the museum, 701 S. Broadway, in Franklin. Derrick Tilton of Tilton & ...