Description: Endless Wall in the New River Gorge, Fayette County WV photographed from the site of the Kaymoor Mine itself. Kaymoor WV, Fayette County WV. Kay Moor, also known as Kaymoor, is the site of an abandoned coal mine, coal processing plant and coal town near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The town site is located in the New River Gorge at Kaymoor Bottom . It is linked to the mine portal 560 feet (170 m) above on Sewell Bench ) in the wall of the Gorge by conveyors. The mine exploited the New River Coalfield’s Sewell Seam of “smokeless” low-volatile bituminous coal, while the town site was accessible only by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad’s mainline in the Gorge.4 The last portion of the Kay Moor complex, Kaymoor Top ) was located at the Gorge...
Description: Kaymoor WV, Fayette County WV. Kay Moor, also known as Kaymoor, is the site of an abandoned coal mine, coal processing plant and coal town near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The town site is located in the New River Gorge at Kaymoor Bottom . It is linked to the mine portal 560 feet (170 m) above on Sewell Bench ) in the wall of the Gorge by conveyors. The mine exploited the New River Coalfield’s Sewell Seam of “smokeless” low-volatile bituminous coal, while the town site was accessible only by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad’s mainline in the Gorge.4 The last portion of the Kay Moor complex, Kaymoor Top ) was located at the Gorge rim and served as the terminus for the mountain haulage The town was named for James Kay, a Low Moor Iron Co...
Description: The remains of an elevator in the basement inside the abandoned and gutted original company store in Glen Rogers WV, Wyoming County WV. Some of the most dangerous mines in the country were served by Glen Rogers, by the time of the mines final closing in 1960, 160 miners had lost their lives in a series of incidents
