ELBERT, WV (GARY NO. 8)
This was actually the No. 8 Works for United States Coal and Coke Co. (the coal mining
arm of U.S. Steel). It was probably named for Judge Elbert Gary, the chairman of U.S. Steel.

Looking down the main drag in Elbert.

A closer look at the different styles of housing in Elbert.

Yet another house design that U.S.C. & C. Co. built at Elbert.

This one story company-built house is noteworthy because so much of it's original architecture is still intact.

The train cars are full of coal from Black Wolf Mining Company's mine in Elbert.

Remains of U.S. Coal and Coke Company's No. 8 coke works in Elbert.

Visable in this photograph are some of the houses in Elbert on the right, some of the gondola cars Black Wolf has loaded
in the center, and ruins of the beehive coke ovens to the left.

Black Wolf Mining Company's active mine at Elbert loads a train.

This mine loads coal the old fashioned way - note the man standing on and between the two cars operating the hand brake. He then rolls the car down the
grade and moves the next car up under the chute. This is the last car they will load for this particular train.