Jordan Nelson's Coal Bank
Inscription
Jordan Nelson, blacksmith, dug coal from bank to fuel forge, and made 1st commercial use by selling for 1 [cent sign] a bushel in 1870s. In 1873 I. A. Welch surveyed Pocahontas Coalfield for J. Hotchkiss who induced F. J. Kimball, later Pres. of N&WRR, to visit site May 1881. Southwest Va. Improvement Co. bought land and opened Pocahontas Mine and shipped coal over N&W's New River Line built to open coalfield.
Location
AddressWest of Bramwell, county route 120, 3.1 miles west of US 52 and 0.1 miles east of Virginia border
CountyMercer
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates37.399670, -81.083790
Sources
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