Skyway III Mine

Skyway III Mine is a quarry in McDowell, West Virginia. Skyway III Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Jed, as well as near Havaco.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount View High School and McDowell County Courthouse.

Mount View High School

School building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Mount View High School is a public high school in Welch, West Virginia. Located on the grounds of an old strip mine in the mountains of McDowell County, West Virginia, Mount View High School is one of two schools in the Welch area, with the other being Welch Elementary School. Mount View High School is situated 1 mile east of Skyway III Mine.

McDowell County Courthouse

Courthouse

Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The McDowell County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Welch, West Virginia. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1979. McDowell County Courthouse is situated 2 miles northwest of Skyway III Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jed and Havaco.

Jed

Hamlet

Jed is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It is located on West Virginia Route 103, 2 mi south-southeast of Welch.

Havaco

Hamlet

Havaco is an unincorporated community on the Tug Fork River in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.

Superior

Hamlet

Superior is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Superior is located on U.S. Route 52, 2.5 miles east-southeast of Welch. The community most likely was named after the Lake Superior Coal Company.

Skyway III Mine

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: McDowell, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.4072° or 37° 24′ 26″ north

Longitude

-81.56036° or 81° 33′ 37″ west

Inception

2013

Operator

Skyway Strip, Inc.

Open location code

869WCC4Q+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1013598228

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Little Vine Baptist Church and Shiloh Church.

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