Logan Coal Field

From West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia

The Logan Coal Field is the name used to describe a coal producing section of West Virginia that includes the following counties, in whole or it part: Logan and Wyoming counties.

The first shipment of coal from Logan County via a rail line was made from mines opened in 1903 by the Gay Coal and Coke Company, the coal being hauled by wagon over a distance of about two miles to a point on the Guyandot Valley Railroad Company.