October 9, 2017
Dear friends and society members,
I am pleased to announce that a new website is now online for everyone to explore and share the stories of the Bon Air Mountain coal communities with family and friends. The website is called “Mining On The Mountain” and can be found by typing the address miningonthemountain.org in your computer or mobile device’s web browser.
It is our hope that the website will continue to grow and add features, information, personal stories, photos, videos and any other kinds of historical information about the Bon Air mining industry. The advantage of a website is that the information can be categorized under specific headings for easy access to the total collection of information that is available on any particular subject.
Please feel free to explore the new website and make any suggestions that you feel might add to the body of knowledge contained there. Plans are to continually update the website as new information becomes available. Hard copy photographs and documents can be digitized for addition to the website and original documents will be returned to the owners unless the intent is to donate them to the permanent collection of the museum. Please submit physical documents and photos to either me or Sue Carmichael so that we can insure they are properly cataloged and added to the historical collection. Digital images and information can be submitted using the email address Admin@miningonthemountain.org found on the website contact page and at the bottom of the web pages.
Some of the features of the website include “buttons” with different titles such as Read More, Learn More or Photo Collection. The “buttons” link the user to other pages with either additional information or photos related to the subject. Buttons can be found at different locations on the pages including the bottom of some pages. The “News” heading is a blog where current events, information, announcements, etc. can be posted as they occur.
I hope you are as proud and excited as I am about the addition of the new website to our ongoing efforts to preserve and document the history of the Bon Air mining communities. I look forward to hearing from you with ideas and new information to further enhance the browsing experience of those who are also interested in these stories of our history.
Linda Mackie
President
Bon Air Mountain Historical Society