Carneyville, Wyo., 1914
Carneyville, also north of Sheridan, named after Roy Carney, was renamed "Kleenburn in 1923."
The town was founded by Carney Coal Co. in 1904. The location of the mines are marked by subsidences
caused when the pillars supporting the mine roofs were removed in the abandonement of the
mines or by mine fires which were burning as late as the 1970's.
Today, little remains of the town except the
St. Thomas cemetery which was located behind the St. Thomas Catholic Church. The church itself is now gone. After the
church burned in 1924 it was rebuilt in the nearby coal town of Monarch. At its peak, 450 men were
employed in the Carneyville mine.
St. Thomas Cemetery, Carneyville, Wyo.
The cemetery in December, 1908, with the first burial that of a two-month old
boy. The cemetery is reflective of the harsh conditions in the coal camps. One gravestone bearing a lamb marks the grave of
of seven-month old girl who died in 1916. The last burial was in 1940, the year than many of the
ines in the area were abandoned.
Other coal towns in the
area included Kooi, named after Peter Kooi who came to the area in
1904. Kooi (pronounced "Coy.") originally was employed by the Wyoming Coal Mining Company at Monarch. He opened
his own mine in 1907.
Carneyville Tipples, approx. 1910
Acme, approx. 1910
The Acme mine before it closed on April 1, 1940, employed 150 men.
Acme today has an open pit mine,
Acme Tipple, undated.
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