Location of "Lake Superior No 3"

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Thanks guys! I suspected Superior, but could find nothing to back it up. VT 
Imagebase has a few Superior images, but nothing I could match up with this 
image.

- Roger Link

On 6/5/2010 7:04 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:

> Superior No. 3 was located at Superior, WV, just east of Maitland.  Lake

> Superior operated its two mines as Superior No. 1 and Superior No. 2

> until 1938, at which time the mines were renamed Superior No. 3 and

> Superior No. 4. Superior No. 3 would be the same location as Superior

> No. 1.

>

> 1964 station and sidings list Superior No. 3 at MP 384.61, Superior No.

> 4 at MP 384.15.

>

> These two shft mines were originally opeend by Dixon-Pocahontas Coal

> Company in 1905 at what became known as Dixon (post office was called

> Dixopoca). Name chnaged to Superior in 1914 after Lake Superior Coal

> Company bought the property.

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> Subject: Location of "Lake Superior No 3"

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>

>> Looking for location of "Lake Superior No 3" coal operation in West

>> Virginia. Notice catenary in lower right corner of image putting

>> location between Bluefield and Iaeger.

>>

>> http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90213

>>

>> - Roger Link