Industry
In the mid 1930's, a large single block of coal was removed from the number 2 mine at Barton, now Curtin, by West Virginians. It was first loaded onto a flat car, then dropped from the mountain on a cable car, and hauled by truck to the lawn of the Webster County Courthouse by the men of the Curtin number 2 mine. Mine officials at the time were Mr. Wade Hampton Matheny, general mine foreman; Mr. Homer Ice, superintendent; and Mr. Day, general manager.
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