"SHINBRIER" ALMOST HEAVEN by "dizzy" harris. 

  • "SHINBRIER" ALMOST HEAVEN by "dizzy" harris
  • NISWANDER FAMILY OF SHINBRIER
  • SHINBRIER PAGE TWO
  • SHINBRIER PAGE THREE
  • COOPERS
  • MILL CREEK COAL & COKE COMPANY STORES & TIPPLES
  • MILL CREEK C&C TUG COMMUNITY
  • HARRIS FAMILY OBITS
  • BLUESTONE WEST VIRGINIA
  • McDOWELL & MERCER COUNTIES COAL DISASTERS
  • COAL & RAIL
  • POCAHONTAS PAGE ONE
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  • BOISSEVAIN
  • MAYBEURY
  • COALDALE
  • SOME FAVORITE PHOTOS
  • MAYBEURY, WV SCHOOL AREA 1941
  • MILL CREEK C&C ELKHORN COLLIERY SCALEHOUSE
  • MAYBEURY - NORFOLK & ANGLE MINES TIPPLE
  • MAYBEURY, WV RAILROAD STATION
  • NEW ROW HOMES 1939 - MAYBEURY, WV
  • MAYBEURY COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • MAYBEURY, WV COMPANY STORE - NORFOLK COLLIERIES
  • MAYBEURY, WV METHODIST CHURCH
  • ESSO SERVICE STATION 1948 - MAYBEURY, WV
  • MAYBEURY - BRIDGE - SHAMOKIN TIPPLE - COKE OVENS - EARLY DAYS
  • JACK TAYLOR E-MAIL TOUR
  • OLD EIGHTY - FIVE - POEM BY OSCAR DUFF
  • CHARLEY DUFF - MAYBEURY STATIONMASTER
  • CROZER COAL & COKE COMPANY
  • ELKHORN COLLIERY & STORE - BUDDY FRENCH
  • JAMES ELLWOOD JONES MANSION & TRAGEDY
  • POCAHONTAS FUEL CO STORE AT SWITCHBACK
  • BAPTIST CHURCH AT SWITCHBACK
  • MAYBEURY FLOOD

CROZER COAL & COKE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

CROZER COAL & COKE COMPANY

By BUDDY FRENCH

The Crozer Coal and Coke Company mine at Elkhorn, West Virginia opened in 1888, First photo is the Crozer Coal and Coke Company portal. Photo is about 1930 and is courtesy the VA TECH SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT.

Second and third photos are the portal as it appears today, 2004. These photos were taken by Buddy French when he discovered the portal while exploring the area. Buddy and his wife, Phylenia, share a deep interest in McDowell County, West Virginia coal history and have each written articles on the subject.

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

MIKE SEMONCO WRITES, "THE MINER HOLDING THE SMALL WHITE SIGN IS MY GRANDFATHER, ANDREW SEMONCO." 

                                                            

OVER ONE HUNDRED DAY SHIFT EMPLOYEES OF THE CROZER COAL & COKE COMPANY AT ELKHORN, WEST VIRGINIA. PHOTO IS DATED JUNE, 1940 AND IS FURNISHED BY BUDDY FRENCH.




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