U. S. Coal & Coke Company, Gary No.12 mine: by Buddy French
U. S. Coal & Coke Company began building its Gary No.12 mining complex at Anawalt, West Virginia in 1909. The coal lease was a relatively small one at 453 acres. The coal measured eight feet, three inches in height and was in the world-famous Pocahontas No.3 coal seam, an excellent metallurgical grade coal for the steel mills. According to production records, the No.12 mine first began shipping coal in 1912. In 1924, the mine was idled and remained shut down until it was reopened in 1943. On September 15, 1947, the No.12 coal tipple was destroyed by fire and the mine did not resume production until December. Records show that the No.12 mine was worked out and shut down on January 11, 1949. In 1945, a new No.12 northside mine was opened on the opposite mountainside and was in the Pocahontas No.3 coal seam. The northside mine was also a small coal lease that bordered with the Crozer Coal & Coke Company coal lease. Gary No.12 production halted in 1952 when the coal seam was worked out.
Anawalt is coal mining community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. At one time it was known as Jeanette. It is named in honor of James White Anawalt, who was then manager of Union Supply Company, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Company. The population was 186 at the 2020 census.[ Coal mining was the town's chief industr
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Anawalt is a coal mining community in McDowell County, West Virginia. Annawalt was once known as
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Jeanette, but was renamed in honor of James White Anawalt, the manager of Union Supply Company. Coal mining was the town's main industry.
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