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West Virginia
Kaymoor New River Gorge coal town
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Indian Head and Wheat cents, company scrip, miners lamp parts and tags.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1899-1962 coal mine and coke town
A Low Moor Iron Company mine opened in 1899 on the Sewell seam, with a town of over 100 houses at the bottom of the gorge, up to 202 coke ovens and inclines linking mine and river. Kaymoor Bottom was abandoned by 1952 and burned in 1960, and the inclines ran until 1962.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
steep stairsUnstable structures, old mine portals
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