More from KUOW History Coal Might Be On The Outs, But It Used To Be King In The Pacific Northwest KUOW | By Hannah Burn Published May 28, 2014 at 3:17 PM AKDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 6:32 Flickr Photo/Rob Ketcherside (CC-BY-NC-ND) This photo is believed to be of a group of students from the school of mines at the University of Washington, circa 1917. Marcie Sillman talks with Leonard Garfield, Museum of History and Industry's executive director, about coal's rich history in the Pacific Northwest.