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Black Diamond - Mining the Memories
Compiled and Edited by Diane and Cory Olson, $25.00 (tax included)

236 page paperback edition, published by the Black Diamond Historical Society.

From the Preface, by Diane Olson

Whenever I tell someone I'm from Black Diamond, they usually say, "Oh, yes! Black Diamond has a great bakery up there, don't they."  You bet we have a great bakery, but Black Diamond is much more.

Black Diamond mines were King County's largest coal producers. Coal was the energy king 60 to 100 years ago.  It was used to fuel the boilers of ships and trains and buildings. Most of Black Diamond's coal was taken to the Seattle waterfront, where it was loaded on ships destined for California. . . .

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