EPHRAM

NAME: Ephram
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 here began in the early 1900s. The community was located high on the flank of the New River Gorge. The mine was on a bluff below the rim of the gorge. Coal was transported by conveyor down to a siding just downstream of Thayer. The town had a population of 150 in 1910.  

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