During the Industrial Period, more than sixty mining towns sprang up in the virtual wilderness of New River Gorge. Thousands once lived in towns of the gorge as the New River Coalfield developed and boomed following the arrival of the railroad in 1873. Today almost all are ghost towns, gradually being reclaimed by the forces of nature.
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