To: Eric in the Ozarks
Don’t know that one. Familiar with Holden and Dehue. I think Dehue shut down.
My brother-in-law retired and my mom moved to VA, so I’ve been out of touch.
Might go to my cousins reunion next July 1 at Chief Logan Park or they may have it in the elementary school in Dehue.
To: morphing libertarian
“Poky Number four” as it was known was one of the premier coals from W. Va in its day. It was called the perfect coal, with low button, high BTUs, and low sulfur. Just the right coal for old chain grates and underfeed units, mostly all gone now.
The Pocahontas was mined out by the 1960s but still appeared and was sold off coal docks around the Great Lakes into the 1980s. It usually came with little cardboard scatter tags. I have a few from that era...
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