Pocahontas History 1880 - 1889
The following timeline cover 1880 to 1889
1882
1882
Southwest Virginia Improvement Company opens Pocahontas Mine No. 1.
1883
1883
Pocahontas Fuel Company opens the first store in Pocahontas.
1884
March 13, 1884.
One hundred twelve miners were killed when coal dust in the Pocahontas mine known as Laurel Mint caught fire and ignited. The mine was flooded to extinguish the fire. The mine was left sealed until April 1884, when the miners’ bodies were recovered, identified, and buried.