BEARDS FORK

The Koppers Coal Company operated this mine and coal camp located on a tributary to Loup Creek and serviced by the Virginian Railroad.


Most of the company houses in Beards Fork are of this style.


Ruins of the Koppers company store


Another view of the coal camp, which one resident described to me as a nice quite community where "nobody causes any trouble."


There were two inclines from two mines feeding the tipple at Beards Fork. These concrete piers are the remains of one of these inclines.


A vintage topo map of Beards Fork showing the two mines feeding a single tipple. The spur off of the Virginian Railway still exists, but is in fair to poor condition.


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