Different operators, such as the Consolidation Coal Company and Industrial Collaries (a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel), have operated the Idamay coal mine. Now all mining has ceased, but Idamay remains one of the most intact and unique coal camps in Northern West Virginia.

Henry contributes this photo of the Idamay preparation plant as it looked in 1973.

The tipple is gone, but these shop buildings are still in the middle of the town.

Some of the buildings from the coal mining facility with company houses in the background

One of the oldest shop buildings with two story company houses behind it

The structures related to the mine seem to have been constructed at different times throughout the 20th century.

A long row of company houses.

There are several different styles of company houses, ranging from these one story cottages to the larger homes found on the Bosses Row.

Another part of the Idamay coal camp.

One of the few wood frame company stores still around

Henry emailed in this postcard of the store as it looked in 1973. It appears that the coal company was no longer operating the store by this time.

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