236 page paperback edition, published in 1988 for the Black Diamond
Historical Society.
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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