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Mudlick Fork in October 1917, this time with postmaster Henry C. Fields. John Fields owned land on Amy Fork, Henry Fields and Rufus Fields had coal mines on Sheep Field Branch, and Walter Fields had a mine on Amy Fork. Mrs Charles Fields had a mine on Boar Branch, and R. B. Fields had a mine on Big Creek itself, just upstream of Whittaker Branch.
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