GAYMONT

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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