Page Mine
Photo taken around 1915 - Contributed by: Alma Gilbert
Contributed by: Grace Cale - Photo Date unknown
Left to Right 1st Row: Fred Harless - Jasper Settle - Bud Smith - Mazie - Harem Blankenship
2nd Row: Woolwine - Lege Hawkes - Abie Payne - Jim St. Clair - Lonnie Payne
Ira Bennett - Harry Cale - Billy Wilson - Dixie
3rd Row: Buren Smith - unidentified - Bert Vest - Bill Vest -
Dixie Dooley
Carl Vest - Board - unidentified - Reg Dooley
The low volatile coal of the New River, Winding Gulf, and Pocahontas coal fields of Southern West Virginia, came to be commonly referred to and widely marketed as smokeless coal because it produced very little smoke when burned. In addition to the coal's nearly smoke free qualities, the overall characteristics of the New River Coal Field placed it in a category that was separate and distinct from all other classes of bituminous coals.
Photo 1932
Power House
(supplied electricity to the mines
as well as the rest of the town)
