Coal Mining | Encyclopedia of Alabama
Sloss and Aldrich severed ties with DeBardeleben and Pratt Coal and Coke and founded the Sloss Furnace Company and the Caba Coal Mining Company (CCMC), respectively. Aldrich''s CCMC, based at Blocton in Bibb County, later comprised more than million acres and surpassed DeBardeleben''s Pratt Company as the largest supplier of coke and coal for the Alabama iron industry.