RED ASH

NAME: Red Ash
COUNTY: Fayette
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 5
CLIMATE: Cool spring hot summer, cool fall, cold winter
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Late spring, summer and fall
COMMENTS: Located in the New River Gorge. Here is a good reference link.
REMAINS: Ruins.
Red Ash was a coal mining town that by 1906 was operating 80 coke ovens. An explosion at the mine in 1900 killed 46 workers including several boys. Today there are only ruins left.

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