Coal Camps- Kaymoor

 Its located south of New River Gorge in Fayetteville, West Virginia. The mine property was purchased in 1873 by Abiel Abbot Low. Named after James Kay. The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. The mine exploited the New River Coalfield's Sewell Seam of "smokeless" low-volatile bituminous coal, while the town site was accessible only by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's mainline in the Gorge. Fifty houses were built in 1901, followed by 45 in 1902 and 17 in 1905.  A suburb, called New Camp, was built in 1918-1919 with another 19-24 houses, and represents the only extant town site remaining. By 1952 Kaymoor Bottom had been abandoned, and in 1960 most of its structures were destroyed by fire. Both inclines operated until 1962. All of the beehive ovens closed in the 1930s, as they had become obsolete.