LESLIE
Leslie was named for Leslie Nelson, owner of the Nelson Fuel Co. Nelson Fuel opened the Leslie coal mines (No. 1 & No. 2) and mining camp in 1922. The New River & Pocahontas
Consolidated Coal Co. purchased Leslie in 1928 and added it to their portfolio of mines in the Pocahontas Field and New River Field. New River & Pocahontas closed the
Leslie mines in 1950.
The main drag through the coal camp.
The remnants of the vault of the bank at Leslie.
The remaining company houses at Leslie have been altered with
porch enclosures, etc.
Apr. 2001 image by author
Apr. 2001 image by author
Google Street View image