Ralco Mining Operation


Ralco was one of the earliest town names of the area most call Battleship today. Before researching this area, Bob and Patti Duncan were very helpful in pointing this out to me. NOTE the mine entrance in the picture below. To date there are no remains of this entrance immediately visible to the eye.

Thanks very much to Mary Stevenson and her permission to use these photos from her book "Coal Towns of West Virginia" Vol 1.



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