Mill Creek Coal & Coke Co.
John Cooper’s mine in Cooper section of Bramwell shipped 1st coal from W. Virginia’s valuable Pocahontas Coalfield over N&WRR on 4 Nov. 1884. The Coaldale, Caswell Creek & Booth-Bowen mines, operated by Cooper, Jones, Freeman, Booth & Bowen, were pioneer mines in the field. The Philadelphia financed Flat Top Coal Land Assoc., later Pocahontas Coal & Coke, became the coalfield’s largest landholder.
Marker is on Pocahontas Avenue 1.1 miles south of Town of Bramwell, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
