History The area in which Mineral is located was first settled in the early 1830s. The land just south of the current village was found to be ripe with coal. Several mines were open until strip mining became a commonly practiced way to retrieve coal from the ground.
History The area in which Mineral is located was first settled in the early 1830s The land just south of the current village was found to be ripe with coal Several mines were open until strip mining became a commonly practiced way to retrieve coal from the ground