The old tipple, conveyor, and headhouse that used to be at Pageton, WV, a mine and coal camp
that was opened around 1907 by the Page Coal and Coke Company. (Courtesy VT ImageBase, housed and operated by Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries; scanning by Digital Imaging, Learning Technologies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
All that remains now from the photo above are these headhouse foundations.
This picture, taken from high up on the reclaimed mine site, shows the many company houses that remain in Pageton. Coke
ovens used to be at the toe of this slope when the Pageton operations were at their height.
I believe that this street was the "bosses row" in Pageton. These are the largest homes
in the town, and the large brick home at the end of the street was probably the superintendent's home. The Page Coal & Coke Company store is on the left, with the
former storefront windows and entryway bricked up now.
Farther up the Tug Fork is another section of Pageton.
These company houses feature what looks to be solid foundations, whereas many coal camp houses in
southern WV only had brick or stone piers.
There are also these larger homes in the second section of Pageton.
A vintage view of the homes shown above showing how some things have changed and some things haven't changed in Pageton, WV. (Courtesy VT ImageBase, housed and operated by Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries; scanning by Digital Imaging, Learning Technologies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
