BECKLEY EXHIBITION COAL MINE
New River Park, Beckley, West Virginia
Visitors to this turn of the century working mine ride coal cars through 1,500 feet of underground passageways. Veteran miners, acting as guides, describe low seam coal mining from its early manual operations to modern mechanized ones. Bring a wrap; the temperature is a constant 58º. Operated by the city of Beckley.
Sent by Julie, a Facebook friend from West Virginia.
Phillips-Sprague Mine, also known as the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, is a historic coal mine located at New River Park in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia.
The mine opened about 1889 on what had been operated as a drift mine. Commercial development of the drift mine began in 1905 and the first coal was shipped on January 4, 1906. Mine operations ceased in 1953, and the property sold to the City of Beckley.
The Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine opened in 1962, as the first historic site wholly dedicated to educating the public about coal mining. It consists of 1,500 feet of restored passageways and entries with 3,000 feet of vintage track. It reopened to the public on April 1, 2008. It is a preserved coal mine that offers daily tours and a history lesson on coal mining in Appalachia.
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