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West Virginia
Spruce Shavers Fork pulp mill town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Indian Head and Wheat cents, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1902-1925 logging and pulp mill town
Settled in 1902 on Shavers Fork for logging and coal, Spruce grew around a 1904 West Virginia Pulp and Paper mill served by the Greenbrier and Elk Railroad. The mill closed in 1925, its equipment went to Luke, Maryland, and the town was abandoned.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, active tourist railroad
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