Williamson Coal Field

From West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia

The Williamson Coal Field is the name given to a coal producing section of West Virginia that includes the following counties, in whole or in part: Mingo, McDowell, and Wayne counties.

Four, or possibly five mines in the Wayne County section of the Williamson field apparently began shipping coal soon after the Norfolk & Western Railway (http://www.wvrailroads.net/index.php/Norfolk_%26_Western_Railway) (N&W) reached the area in 1893. The Thacker Coal and Coke Company, incorporated in 1893, was one of the first large coal operations located in the field.