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Historic Resource Study Kay Moor |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: FAYETTE COUNTY COAL
Fayette County
Use of "Smokeless" Coal
Low Moor Iron Company
Opening the West Virginia Mines
New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
Influence of West Virginia Coal Production
CHAPTER TWO: THE KAY MOOR MINE
Kay Moor No. 1
Kay Moor No. 2
Kay Moor Coke
The Miners
Immigrant Miners
Black Miners
Mine Safety
Mining Skills
Wages
World War I
Labor
CHAPTER THREE: THE TOWN OF KAY MOOR
Coal Towns
Kay Moor Demographics
Evolution and Layout of Kay Moor
Company Housing
Coal Town Architecture
Transportation
Sanitation
Lighting
Fences
Sidewalks
Fuel
Medical Care
Police
Company Store
Schools
Churches and Cemetery
Post Office
Bank
Recreational and Social Activities
Gardens and Hunting
Alcohol
Mobility
Other Employment Opportunities
Abandonment of Kay Moor Top and Bottom
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
APPENDIXES
Appendix 1: Shipping Statement, The Low Moor Iron Company of Virginia, April 17, 1903Appendix 2: Managers of Kay Moor No. 1
Appendix 3: Production of Coal and Coke Kay Moor No. 1
Appendix 4: Kaymoor Precinct, Fayetteville District, 1910 U.S. Census
Appendix 5: Nationalities of Persons Employed at Kay Moor No. 1, 1907-1915
Appendix 6: Men Employed at Kay Moor No. 1
Appendix 7: Kay Moor No. 1 Employees, August 1915
Appendix 8: Kay Moor Mine #1, Payroll Book #13, February, 1925
Appendix 9: District Mine Inspector's Report Kaymoor No. 1, August 2-3, 1922
Appendix 10: Fatalities at Kay Moor No. 1
Appendix 11: Wages Paid at Kay Moor Mine, 1902-1903
Appendix 12: 1919 Wage Scale
Appendix 13: Rent Journal 1919-1920
Appendix 14: Distribution of Expenditures of Miners' Families in 1922
Appendix 15: Inventory Store #9, December 1906
Appendix 16: U.S. Coal Commission Schedule, Store #9, 1922-1923
Appendix 17: Kay Moor Postmasters
Appendix 18: "Herberts Greater Minstrels" Kay Moor Theatre January 19, 1917
PERSONS CONSULTED DURING RESEARCH
REPOSITORIES VISITED DURING RESEARCH
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM
LIST OF FIGURES
2. Coke Ovens, Power House, Tipple & Headhouse Kay Moor W.Va. February 1920
3. Coke Ovens Looking West Kay Moor W.Va. January 1920
4. Kay Moor Mine No. 1, n.d.
5. Kay Moor camp from Mine No. 1 January 1920
6. Coal Camp at Kay Moor Bottom Coke Ovens Visible
7. Kay Moor "Bottom" Coal Camp
8. New Camp at Top of Mountain, Kaymoor Mine No. 1, January 1920
9. C&H H-8 #1612 with Coal Drag near Kaymoor, WV 1947
10. C&O Mallet with Coal Drag near Kaymoor, WV 1947
11. The New River Gorge near Kaymoor, WV 1947 C&O Ry
12. Three People in Kay Moor Haulage Car 1946
13. Mountain Haulage Kay Moor Mine No. 1 January 1920
14. Mike Pashion on Kay Moor haulage, 1954
15. Mrs. Eades at her home located at Kay Moor Top
16. Clifford Ward, Nana Watkins, Mary Ward at the Kay Moor haulage
17. Adel Arnold Jones at Kay Moor Top
18. "Wash" Langhorn at Kay Moor Bottom
19. John Woodson at Kay Moor Bottom
20. Aerial Photograph of Kay Moor, 1945
21. Aerial Photograph of Kay Moor, 1957
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