History
Mullins, originally named Withers after a large local family, was established along the L&N’s Kentucky Division mainline in June 1886. 4 The town grew to include 50 residents, a sawmill, and other businesses. A limestone quarry was opened adjacent to the Mullins Tunnel in 1897 and was later operated by the Kentucky Stone Company prior to 1939. 2 The quarry operated until 1979. The white crystalline oolitic limestone and a medium gray microcrystalline limestone 3 was crushed and used as ballast for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N), cement for roadways, and as agstone. 2
The Kentucky Stone Company also operated a rock wool production plant at Mullins, which produced an insulating material manufactured from argillaceous limestone or purer limestone in combination with shale, sandstone, or slag. 1 It required the fusing of the rock and then blowing the liquid into fibers by a strong jet of steam. The rock wool facility was destroyed by fire in February 1939. 5
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References for this location, in MLA format.
- Miller, Arthur M. “Miscellaneous Mineral Resources.” Geology of Kentucky, 1919. ↗
- “Subsurface Sites.” ↗
- Richardson, Charles Henry, editor. “Rockcastle County.” The Building Stones of Kentucky, 1923, pp. 94–96.
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- “Rockcastle County - Place Names.” ↗
- “Mineral Wool.” Nonmetallic Mineral Industries in 1939, 1939, p. 22.
And that all began with the older Patriarchs Henry E. Mullins 1740- and Mary Terry “Polly” mullins.
My Granduncle, Claude Crowe, an L&N engineer died in a train derailment in Mullins Tunnel in 1920. I have a small book telling about the derailment. I would be happy to share it if you are interested.
I would like to see it if you dont mind sharing it with me
ill bet thats the same fire that destroyed sanks at mullens station it was a littile town called sanks i remember my grandmother talking about this
It was a little town called Mullins, KY that sits close to Sinks (not sanks) of the creek beds where the water disappears to underground cave systems. The Pioneef Mullins family are some of the earliest settlers in Rockcastle County starting in 1793 with
TERRY MULLINS, 1767-1830
MORDECAI “MUDKINS”MULLINS 1770-1871
SPENCER MULLINS 1775-1853
CHAMPNESS “CHAMP OR CHAMPION” MULLINS 1778-1844 (FATHER OF CALLOWAY MULLINS)
GARDENER MULLINS 1778-1849
SARAH “SALLY” MULLINS
REBECCA MULLINS
And all the way down the line to the time youre talking about which was 1939 (not 1920) when the “fires” broke out which goes (just a quick rundown)from Champ Mullins and Elizabeth Calloway Mullins to their son Calloway Mullins 1809-1882, and wife Mary Mullins born in 1812, then James Henry Mullins 1834-1890 and wife Sarah J Mullins
William Daniel Mullins who was among all the great losses 1939 and he was married to Mary Elizabeth MULLINS
Then Otis Bond 1897-1981 and Ruth Ellen Mullins Bond 1901-1980
Next is Clifton Slim Bryan Bennett 7/10/1911-12/19/1982 a.d wife Geneva Bond Bennett 3/29/26 – 3/6/2020 and all her siblings, Ott Bond, Clifton Bond, Edward Bond, L.D. Bond, Christine Bond Sowder, and Irene Bond. And Slim and Geneva’s 2 daughters Imogene Ruth Bennett Hurd and Verla Ann Bennett Shelton These were the people living on the land and burried in this land and suffered the losses and endured all the fuckery of 1939 with a fire that burnt their Rockwool Incinerators, storehouse and the building that didn’t burn all were lost anyway through more fuckery. I realize their are people who exist that are not gonna like hearing this but so be it one thing for sure and 2 for certain the truth will stand when the world’s on fire and it wont matter who wants to hear it and who dont it’ll still stand just the same