[Eric in the Ozarks]

“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...

[morphing libertarian]

I did a search looks like it’s in va. Can you name a nearby town?

[Mears]

I’m old-—I remember shoveling in the coal,opening he bottom door,shaking down the ashes and shoveling them out,and turning the dampers until we had plenty of steam heat in our apartment.

Them I turned the dampers back and shut the bottom door.

We lived in the 3rd floor and the furnace and coal bin were in the basement.Lots of stair climbing

I was a 10 year old girl when I started doing this.

I am quite spoiled now.:-)

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