Coal Miners Ladder
by George Buxbaum
Title
Coal Miners Ladder
Artist
George Buxbaum
Medium
Photograph
Description
The Coal Miners Ladder is a remnant of the once thriving Kaymoor One Coal Mine overlooking the New River Gorge in West Virginia. Kaymoor was one of the biggest of the many coal mines of West Virginia. I converted this image to black and white to better capture of the feeling of life on the mine in the late 1800's.
Abandoned decades ago, Kaymoor remains mostly intact and full of buildings and equipment characteristic of West Virginia’s mining history. Now only accessible by foot, a one-mile hike takes visitors to the site’s upper level, and an 821-step staircase built by the National Park Service leads to mining buildings, mining equipment, and remnants of the tracks used to transport people, coal, and machinery up and down the mountainside. If you look carefully, you can still spot some pieces of coal.
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January 7th, 2022
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Cyril Jayant
Congratulations! your fantastic art work has been selected as featured on our Homepage of “The Monochrome Photography Group”. Thank you for adding this selected work in the discussion thread for Archive purposes under Featured thread. ( using “Embed” link by copy paste on your page ) Cheers!!! —Cyril