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WYOMING
Wyoming is a mysterious and obscure coal camp in western Wyoming County built in 1934 by Red Jacket Coal Company. That is a late date for an Appalachian coal company town
to be constructed. The mine was sometimes referred to as "New Red Jacket," in contrast with Red Jacket Coal Company's original mine ("Old Red Jacket") in Mingo County. Wyoming was operated in its later years by Island Creek
Coal Company, who absorbed Red Jacket Coal in the 1950's. NFL player Curt Warner, running back through the 1980s for the Seattle Seahawks, was from Wyoming.
These coal camp houses for the miners contrast sharply with the foremen's homes pictured below.
These company-built homes, probably for foremen or company officials, have been modernized and kept up.
This building has been identified as the Island Creek company store at Wyoming. The mud is from the great flood of July 8, 2001.
Aerial tramway guide tower.
Aerial tramway breakover tower.
A water tank from the Wyoming mine.
Remains of the bath house water tank.
Sep. 2001 image by author
Sep. 2001 image by author
Sep. 2001 image by author
Dec. 1998 WV SHPO image by Jeff Davis
Dec. 1998 WV SHPO image by Jeff Davis
Dec. 1998 WV SHPO image by Jeff Davis
Dec. 1998 WV SHPO image by Jeff Davis