Coal Preparation Plant and Old Segregated Church in Tams, Raleigh County, West Virginia

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

Some context, I am an employee of the plant you shown. That bathhouse is actually the “white” bathhouse for the camp. The other building shown around 2:47 was the “black” bathhouse as the upper part of the camp was known as “color town” the concrete footers you see at 2:47 is the old coal tipple foundations for the joint loading Virginian-Chesapeake & Ohio loading track. The Salem church has been marked for preservation where several donation services have been held to gain attention and financial support for the restoration.

[@WebsterHighlanders]

Thank you for providing that information!

[@KennethCarson-33]

My great grandmother's first husband-Jake Broadnax-use to work at TAMS Coal Mining in the early 1910s. He passed away due to a fatal accident during that time.

[@quaternary611]

Nice video, love the drone shots.....formerly of WV and love seeing my home state

[@herrcobblermachen]

Thanks for the upload!

[@robbiemann1667]

The church will be preserved because it’s now on the national register of West Virginia historic places

[@WebsterHighlanders]

Unfortunately, being on the register does not guarantee they will be preserved if the owner of the property does nothing. A perfect example of two buildings in West Virginia which have been on the register for a long time are greatly deteriorating to the point now they are beyond preservation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2iwe3aGn6qrh6csi=l9qT9ZJdUjdD4NqX

[@BigDaddy-vr2ut]

How much coal do they get out of that coal mining company these days?

[@WebsterHighlanders]

According to a local resident, the coal preparation plant shown at Tams in this video supplies a coal product to the cosmetics' industry. I was certainly surprised by that, but did some research, and confirmed that the cosmetics' industry still uses coal by-products in certain of their products.

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

I work at that plant, we do not mine any coal, we grind it in a mill. The powder is used in rubber and industrial applications. We sell to most major tire and rubber companies including Toyo Tire Corp. Bridgestone/Firestone and Carlisle, along with several other manufacturers

[@oldscoolcooldiecast1879]

Buitiful church. Hope it’s saved

[@FrankBongiovanni]

The church is still there, is being restored very slowly, but is still in use. Unofficial word is that it’s on property that was donated by the railroad, with a clause that if it ever ceases to be used for religious purposes the property reverts to the railroad. Might not be true, but it does sort of make sense.

[@paulstrassel8326]

This is beyond sad for me and I really think self-identified "Jesus followers" in the U.S. should realize that fact