12 Ghostly Industrial Relics: Factories & Mines Frozen in Their Prime
10. Kaymoor Coal Mine, West Virginia, USA
Clinging to the cliffs of the New River Gorge, Kaymoor is equal parts industrial relic and natural reclamation. Built into the Appalachian mountains in the late 1800s, it once employed hundreds—miners who descended steep inclines to pull coal from the Earth. Today, the steel tipples, conveyer lines, and decaying rail trestles are overgrown with moss and vines. Nature is reclaiming what once fueled the Industrial Revolution. Walking the site’s rugged trails, you can still spot gears in the underbrush, hear the wind through rusted beams, and feel the weight of a place that once ran on human labor and coal dust.
