Nuttallburg Mine Complex

Location: North side of New River, in the New River Gorge, 2.7 miles upstream from Lookout, West Virginia (WV)
Map: Nuttallburg (historical)

One of the earliest coal mining operations in the New River Coalfields, the the Nuttallburg mine began operation in 1873, the same year the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C&O) completed its line through West Virginia. The drawings show the mine's headhouse, tipple and conveyor system as rebuilt during the 1920's. Since the Nuttallburg plant was in operation through 1958, the plans would be appropriate for modeling a coal mining operation from the early-1920's through the late-1950's.

Large scale versions of these drawings: can be downloaded at HABS/HAER, the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections at the Library of Congress website. Visit WVExp.com for more information on the town of Nuttallburg, WV.

Cover sheet for the scale drawings of the Nuttallburg coal mining complex, from the HABS/HAER collections.

Site plan of the Nuttalburg mining complex, showing location of tipple, conveyor, headhouse, power house, company store, and other structures/facilities.

Site section drawing, showing side elevation view of the Nuttallburg mine headhouse, conveyor, and tipple

Bench level scale drawing of the Nuttallburg mine, showing layout of facilities at the "top" of the complex, e.g., where the coal was mined, the location of coal portal opening, etc.

Headhouse plan of Nuttallburg mine, showing layout of dump chutes, mine tracks, etc.

Side elevation drawing of headhouse at the Nuttallburg mine, showing cross-section views of the Retarding Conveyor, etc.

Scale drawing showing side elevation and cutaway-view of the Nuttallburg headhouse

Perspective drawing showing movement of coal in the headhouse at the Nuttallburg mining complex.

Tipple level site plan of the Nuttallburg tipple, showing location of C&O tracks, support structures, etc.

Scale drawings of the Nuttallburg tipple, showing layout of loading facilities, when operated by the Maryland - New River company.

Elevation drawings of the Nuttallburg tipple

Scale drawings providing section view of the Nuttallburg tipple, showing hoists, loading boom, various chutes for different sized coals, etc.

Perspective drawing showing movement of coal through the Nuttallburg tipple, during the era when the mine was operated by the Fordson company.

Perspective drawing showing movement of coal through the Nuttallburg tipple, during the Maryland - New River ownership era.

A section of USGS topo map of 1928 showing location of the town of Nuttallburg, mining operation, C&O railroad, and New River.

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