Reise nach Belfry, KY
am 04. July 2008;
Autor: Qsplurge

Visited on 07/04/2008.
They have very recently put a fresh coat of KY blue paint on pretty much everything. But it still clearly resembles the pictures in the photo gallery on the questminingdotnet site.

If anyone else wants to visit and is worried about finding the mine, I still don’t know the exact address but it was easy to find. It is five minutes up Hwy 292 from Hwy 119 in South Williamson, KY. Just mapquest South Williamson, KY. From Hwy119 in South Williamson head north on Hwy 292. It is right on Hwy 292 about 100 yards south of Slater Branch Road.

My wife and I visited the mine on the 4th and talked to Bobby, the Whitestar supervisor. When we arrived he was on the front end loader moving some rock around that is due to be moved out of the way early this week. He was very personable and stopped what he was doing and answered all of my questions. He then said feel free to look around, go in the office and look at the maps. I snapped a few pictures and headed to the office. His son was putting a fresh coat of paint inside the office and shortly after we went in, Bobby met us there and explained the maps to us. They expect to begin bringing coal up later this week. But they are at a bend, or turn, in the mine. He showed us on the map. They need to make a slight left-hand turn to continue on the seam. They can get a little coal before doing that. But they will need to remove a little more rock in the turn so that they can line their equipment for the next run. He said that is no big deal compared to what has been done already. Once they get lined up for the next angle they can really rock-n-roll