Pre- 1775	Horton Coal Mine operated near Golf, NC for local needs. George Wilcox builds forge near Cumnock.
1776	Declaration of Independence. Mining of Deep River Coal near Gulf continues for local needs.
1830	Peter Evans changes name of plantation from LaGrange to Egypt and begins mining there.
1851	Egypt plantation sold to Brooke Harris.
1852	Main shaft of Egypt Mine sunk to depth of 460 feet.
1854	Egypt Mine sold to Governors Creek steam and Transportation Co. Slack-water navigation route construction begun. Railway from Fayetteville to Egypt begun.
1859	Harper's Ferry.
1861	Lincoln Inaugurated; Civil War begins. Deep River Coal shipped by rail to Fayetteville -- used to power Confederate Navy and blockade runners.
1865	Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
1870	Egypt Mine closes; bankrupt.
1873	Slack-water navigation begins on Deep River. Iron ore shipped from Buckhorn to Endor Iron Furnace.
1875- 1876	Dams and locks fail into disrepair on Deep River and slack-water navigation ends.
1888	Egypt Mine reopened by Egypt Coal Company; mine enters boom years.
1895	Mine explosion kills 46.
1900	Mine explosion kills 26.
1902	Egypt Coal Co. declares bankruptcy; mine closes.
1915	Egypt Mine reopened by Norfolk Southern Railroad to supply railroad only; renamed Cumnock after Scottish mining town in hope of breaking Egypt coal curse.
1921	Carolina Coal Company formed to create Coal Glen Mine.
1922	Egypt Mine closed after repeated flooding by Deep River. Coal Glen Mine shaft sunk.
1925	Coal Glen Mine disaster; 53 miners killed.
1929	Stock Market Crash.
1930	Carolina Coal Company declares bankruptcy; Coal Glen Mine closed.
1941	Bombing of Pearl Harbor.
1943	Egypt Mine entered; 25 tons of scrap metal retrieved for war effort; reflooded.
1947	Raleigh Mining Company reopens Coal Glen Mine.
1950	100 tons/day produced in Coal Glen Mine.
1951	Coal Glen Mine closed.
1987	Strip mining by Chatham Coal Co. to begin on Deep River Coal Bed.

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