This was probably the Koppers Company Store in Kimberly, WV. Do I need to add that the roll up door is not original?
At Powellton, WV can be found the only remaining beehive coke ovens in the Kanawha Coalfield. I don't know how old they are, but coal and coke operations at Powellton date back to the 1890s.
These company houses at Powellton were probably built by the Koppers Coal Company, which operatated mines along Armstrong Creek. They are simalar to the company houses that Koppers built in Kopperston, WV.
Before Koppers came to Powellton the operator was Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Company. Powellton is also the name of a seam of coal first mined here. The Eagle seam was also mined at Powellton.
This abandoned prep plant near Elk Ridge was a property of Cyprus-Amax Coal Co. Obviously it was constructed after the railroads running up the two forks of Armstrong Creek were removed, because it appears
to be designed for truck loading (probably hauling to a barge loadout) rather than train loading.
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