CHATTAROY, WV
Chattaroy mines and coal camp were opened by the Chattaroy Collieries Company in 1904.
Mines were in the Winifrede and Coalburg seams, and coal was marketed as "Chattaroy White Ash Coal." These mines operated
until 1912. A few years later, circa 1910, another operation was started at Chattaroy: Howard Collieries Co., which was, either at some point in time or
for the entire duration, a sub-company of Norfolk & Western Railway, making Chattaroy a captive mine to provide coal for the
railroad. Evidently there were a few years that Chattaroy Collieries and Howard Collieries operated simultaneously at Chattaroy, and they may have even
been sister companies, because Howard sold their coal under the similar name "Howard White Ash Coal." To make matters more confusing there was
also a Howard Junior Coal Co. mining at Chattaroy during some of the same years and also selling "Howard White Ash Coal." Who knows why there were all of
these subsidiaries and companies at Chattaroy at the same time? Not I.
This was once the Howard Collaries Company store in Chattaroy, WV.
A coal company-built house at Chattaroy that is still occupied.
Kids playing baseball with the former Chattaroy company store in the background.
Child walking through Chattaroy eating an ice cream cone.
Image courtesy of David Price
Image courtesy of David Price
1974 Documerica image by Jack Corn courtsy of the National Archives
1974 Documerica image by Jack Corn courtsy of the National Archives
