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The coal town of Fayette, West Virginia was abandoned in the 1960's. It is located just upriver from the Fayette Station Bridge on the New River and within sight of the New River Gorge Bridge (Route 19). This is a 20-minute video, so I have provided links below to different sites at this old town.
An excellent history of Fayette can be found at this link: coalcampusa.co...
I mention the abandoned coal town of Stonecliff, and my previous video of it can be found at this link: • Abandoned Stone Cliff,...
0:39 old Coca Cola bottle found among the building foundations
1:37 water holding tank and first views of coaling building
3:01 best views of coaling building
4:55 coal chute and beginning of climb up to the mines
6:17 iron rails used to lower and raise coal cars to/from mines
9:10 abandoned coal cart near mine level
10:00 main coal mine opening
13:00 likely powder house where explosives were stored
13:15 old coal car driven by miners in/out of mines and to pull coal carts at mine level
13:40 second mine opening, last used as a ventilation shaft
15:38 looking in ventilation shaft/old mine opening
17:43 electrical remnants
18:50 view from Fayette Station Bridge
19:10 google earth view for location purposes