GAYMONT
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GAYMONT |
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NAME: Gaymont COUNTY: Fayette ROADS: 2WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: Cool spring hot summer, cool fall, cold winter BEST TIME TO VISIT: Late spring, summer and fall |
COMMENTS: Located in the New River Gorge. Here is a good reference link. REMAINS: Foundations. |
| Mining started here as early as 1878. The company town had 67 workers and 20 coke ovens by 1896. By 1906 they had 125 coke ovens in operation and a post office (Hawks Nest), 32 houses, a company store and a mine capacity of 500 tons a day. |
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