Smokeless Coal Empire and Beckley City Vision
The article outlines the smokeless coal region centered on Beckley Raleigh County West Virginia. It details coal quality with fixed carbon and BTU values, major producing districts Pocahontas Winding Gulf and New River, and by products from coal. It describes modern mine equipment good housing safety clubs and welfare. transport links with Norfolk and Western Virginian Ry and C&O. Beckley as future capital with roads to McCreery Piney branch and Laurel Creek, plus Beckley altitude climate and tourism potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Gas Company
Seaboard By- Product Company
New York
Pocahontas
Tug River
Winding Gulf
Norfolk & Western
Pocahontas Field
Virginian Railway
Winding Gulf Field
Chesapeake & Ohio
New York Central System
Beckley
Gulf
New River
Haiielle
Welch
Mullens
Pineville
Prince
Raleigh
Allegheny Mountains
Asheville
N. C
Presta
New River coal fields and its 20 seams plus rail links
The New River district in Greenbrier Raleigh and Fayette counties West Virginia yields smokeless coal from Sewell Beckley and Fire Creek seams. It ships 18 million tons yearly via Chesapeake and Ohio and other lines with extensive rail connections. Production since 1902 totals 161 million tons, 1926 the best year yet. The coal is high heat, low volatile content and low sulphur, used domestically and for steam, with nationwide demand from Washington to Cleveland and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Mines
United States
Pacific Coast
New York Edison Company
Boston Electric Company
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Sylvania
West Virginia
Porthat
New River
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Greenbrier
Raleigh
Fayette
Joseph Beury
Quinnimont
Beury
Huntington
New River District
Nature
America
Sewell
Beckley
Fire Creek
Chesapeake and Ohio
Neucleus
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Virginian Railroad
Kanawha, Glen Jean and Eastern Railroad
Sewell Valley Railroad
Meadow Creek
Rainelle
Prince
Laurel Creek
Layvland
Piney Creek
Raleigh and
Gulf Field
Thurmond
Loup Creek
Glen Jean
Macdonald
Mount Hope
Price Hill
Southside
Minden
White Oak Junction
White Oak
Kanawha
Eastern
Virginian Railway
Keeneys Creek
Winona
Lookout
Hawks Nest
Ansted
Gauley Junction
Gauley
Kanawha and Michigan
Belva
Deepwater
Eccles
Gauley River
Red States Navy
Navy
New Liver District
Washington, D.C
White House
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Braska
Canada
South America
Winding Gulf coal field built a modern district in twenty years
A historical overview of West Virginia's Winding Gulf region describes how, from a 1907 wilderness with minimal coal, the district grew into a modern network of towns, two railroads, schools, and services. It notes twenty-year output growth from under ten tons to over ten million tons and highlights the operators' civic investments and social welfare efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H., Caperton
W. Gaston Caperton
Gulf Coal
West Virginia
Winding Gulf
Navy
Kk. FE. Whit
1. 1
White Coalpany
Winding Gulf Operators’ Association
Phes
Gulf
Navy Standard
Virginian
C. & O. Tihe
United Mine Workers of America
Winding Gulf Coal Field
Coolidge Says Tax Reduction Hope Hinges on Spending
President Coolidge warns that further tax cuts are futile unless federal expenditures are kept near current levels. He argues fiscal restraint is essential to any real tax relief strategy and urges continued budget discipline at the federal level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Raleigh Register
Raleigh County
W. VA
Merce
McCreery Station
Piney
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Alleghenies
S. C. Higgins
C. H. Mead
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