Image courtesy of Antonio LimFeb. 2012 image by Alan "Cathead" JohnstonThe Isaban coal camp, originally known as Hardy, was built by the Hardy Coal Company in 1923. They turned the operation over to the Isaban Coal Co. in 1934, and they ran it until 1938. In 1940 the mines were reopened by Peter White Coal Co., and this was a successful coal mining operation that lasted until 1958.Oct. 2005 image by authorThe skeletal remains of a wooden tipple north of Iaeger in McDowell County.Oct. 2005 image by authorLitwar coal camp - Little War Creek Coal Co. The mine closed in 1942.Oct. 2005 image by authorA freight train passes gondola cars just loaded at the Litwar prep plant, barely visable in the background (not the same mine as the original Litwar mine).Image courtesy of othersAn ancient photograph taken at Panther, WV showing coal in railroad cars on the left, the company store in the middle, and company houses on the right. Panther was opened by the Panther Coal Co. in 1913.Image courtesy of Sidney BurkeAn old auger sitting in the woods near Panther, WV.Aug. 1946 image from "A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry" via the National ArchivesCoal company housing owned by the Panther Red Ash Coal Corp. in Panther, McDowell County, WV to house the families of the employees of their Douglas Mine. Panther Red Ash operated this coal mine from 1938 until 1951.Aug. 1946 image from "A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry" via the National ArchivesU.S. Dept. of the Interior photo of Panther originally captioned: "Double row houses; garbage and trash are disposed of in this meager stream of water; there is a well and pump at each end of the row of houses."Circa 1991 WV SHPO imageCoal company housing development left over from the Douglas Mine near Panther, W.Va.Circa 1991 WV SHPO imageCoal camp at Johnnycake, W.Va.Feb. 2018 image by authorIaegar, W.Va. is the southern end of the Williamson Coalfield. In all fairness to the town of Iaegar, this isn't the most flattering view of the community. But this view of a mountain church framed in by old brick buildings did catch my eye. In the foreground is the Tug Fork River.Feb. 2018 image by authorTrain yard at Iaegar.
