Friday, March 29, 2013
Coal Camp Blog
Cranberry Coal Camp!
Cranberry is one of the few mine shafts in its area of Raleigh County WV. It’s in the New River Coalfield and was originally Cranberry Fuel Company owned Cranberry but then the New River Company owned it. 
The original company store burned down in 1927 and was soon replaced. This store closed September 1, 1958 soon after the mine closed and now houses an antique store. The mine reopened in the late 60’s but closed “for good in 1973.” (http://www.coalcampusa.com/sowv/river/cranberry/cranberry.htm) Cranberry’s slate dump was sold by New River Company to Bill West.
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