GREENBRIER FIELD

This is the most unknown and mysterious coal field in Southern West Virginia. The New River Field has been very well documented, and the Winding Gulf and Flat Top Fields have their experts, but there isn't much information or nostalgia concerning the Greenbrier Field. Mining was mostly in the low-vol Sewell and Fire Creek seams. Later mining was in the Pocahontas No. 6 seam. At first the main railroads in the area were the Greenbrier & Eastern and the Sewell Valley Railroads. These were later absorbed by the C&O and New York Central when they jointly formed the Nicholas, Fayette, & Greenbrier Railroad (NF&G). There are a few coal companies still operating in the Greenbrier Field, such as A.T. Massey's Green Valley Coal Co. and Princess Polly Anna Coal Co..

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