"SHINBRIER" ALMOST HEAVEN by "dizzy" harris. 

POCAHONTAS EXHIBITION MINE & MUSEUM

POCAHONTAS, VIRGINIA

Coal created Pocahontas, the best quality coal to be found, and no trip here would be complete without a visit to the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine and Museum. The mine tour is a walk through only and about 865 feet long. Upon entering you will immediatly feel the natural air conditioning effect. Continuing on you will soon come to appreciate the iron nerve those miners of yesteryear must have possessed. Upon exiting you will smile but your mind will be secretly reciting a prayer of thanks you did not have to face this evey day for a lifetime.

The Museum is housed in the former Power House built in 1887. There is a treasure of photos and artifacts waiting to greet you. Also waiting to greet you are a group of young people who are among the finest I have ever met. So excited by what they are involved in, so eager to learn and to share their knowledge with you. Souvinirs may be purchased here and if you can shell out $19.95 the best book ever written on coal mining in Pocahontas can be purchased here. It is, "EARLY COAL MINING in POCAHONTAS, VIRGINIA," authored by Jack M. Jones.

Also available is a fourteen minute video in the room adjoining the Museum. In this room you will discover an entire wall of beautiful coal mining murals hand painted by the wonderful Carla Miles Harris of Pocahontas.

A short distance from the Exhibition Mine, and on the opposite side of the road, can be viewed the mountain that claimed one hundred and fourteen lives on March 13, 1884. Mother Nature has fully reclaimed her now.

WAITING TO GREET YOU ARE

STEPHANIE ASBURY
CLIFTON MILLER
RANDALL MILLER
JAMIE DILLON
KRISTEN McPHERSON
SUZANNE LEWIS

CURRENTLY, 2013, WORKING THE MUSEUM AND MINE ARE

JOE MURPHY - MUSEUM HOST
RAYMOND COMER - TOUR GUIDE
JIMMY WHITT - TOUR GUIDE

TELL THEM "DIZZY" SENT YOU

POCAHONTAS EXHIBITION MINE
P. O. Box 128
Pocahontas, VA 24635
Phone 276 - 945 - 2134

 Entrance to Exhibition Mine. This was actually the Fan House entrance for ventilating the mine.

 This is where you will exit your tour of the Exhibition Mine. This was the original entrance for the #1 Mine or " Baby Mine " as it was called.

 Former Power House that now houses the Museum. Here you will find Stephanie, Clifton, Randall, Kristen, Jamie, Suzanne or other equally fine folks.

Pocahontas Mines Tipple

Road for vehicle traffic ran through tipple.

SUZANNE LEWIS ~ MUSEUM LADY

 Suzanne Lewis is new to the museum this year, 2003. This lovely lady will help with your questions and charm those souvenir buying dollars right out of your pockets. Give her a visit.

RANDALL MILLER ~ TOUR GUIDE

 Randall waiting to greet you, be your tour guide through the EXHIBITION MINE and answer all of your questions. Randall was involved in a coal history discussion with Mr. Farley as I snapped this photo. Mr. Farley is a regular visitor to the Exhibition Mine and Museum.

MURAL by CARLA MILES HARRIS

EARLY POCAHONTAS

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