Flat Top - Pocahontas Coal Field
From West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia
The Flat Top-Pocahontas Coal Field is the name used to describe a coal-producing section of West Virginia that includes the following counties, in whole or it part: Mercer and McDowell counties. The term Flat Top draws on the fields location near the southern end of Flat Top Mountain.
The first shipment of coal from the Flat Top-Pocahontas Coal Field in West Virginia was made by William Beury and John Cooper, from the Beury-Cooper mines located near present-day Bramwell, WV, following the completion of the rail line of Norfolk & Western Railway (http://www.wvrailroads.net/index.php/Norfolk_%26_Western_Railway), November 10, 1884. The Freeman-Jones mine began shipping coal on January 4, 1885, followed by William Booth and Company, on January 15, of the same year.
