PRICE HILL

A coal town located on Dunloop Creek on the Raleigh/Fayette County line, Price Hill Fuel Co. drove a shaft down to the Sewell seam. The New River Co. was the final owner.


A contemporary view of Price Hill


This was originally the superintendent's house, later the miner's clubhouse


The superintendent's house shows up in this ancient picture of the Price Hill mining camp (from the out of print book "The New River Company-Mining Coal and Making History 1906-1976")


Overgrown air shaft for the Siltex mine near Price Hill. This was originally a McKell Coal & Coke mine. By the time it exploded in the 1960s, it was owned by the New River Co., which was fitting since their headquarters were just down the street. The Siltex mine operated into the 1980s, and was one of the last major operations of the New River Company and the last mine in the Mount Hope area.


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