Island Creek Coal Co. - dated 1927-31 West Virginia Mining Stock Certificate

Mining vignette by American Bank Note Company. In the history of Whitman Creek, an early identification was on a 1910 map. Much of the area of Whitman, WV was owned a Mr. Baisden who had two sons named Hardy and Farley Baisden. Later in History two coal camps on Whitman Creek would be named for these two sons. In a 1915 Map of the Logan County, Coal Field in West Virginia, the map shows Whitman Creek areas as part of the United States Coal and Oil Company. This was later purchased by Island Creek Coal Company.

Island Creek Coal Company had mining, railroad, coal camps, etc... reaching 5 miles up Whitman Creek. In this area they started three coal mine operations with start up before or during 1916 through 1922. The mines were Island Creek No. 3, No. 14 and No. 20. Nothing remains of these operations as all are sealed up and all infrastructure has been removed. No. 3 site is now used as an asphalt plant and No. 20 site is now where National Armature & Machine shop sits.

Currently, there are a Total of 589 Households in the community of Whitman, WV. There were 12 coal camps (grouping of housing built by the Island Creek Coal Company) along Whitman Creek. These coal camps were established about every half-mile or so apart (as Mining expanded). Many Coal Camps were divided into subdivisions and subdivisions were divided into parcels or lots. Parcels contained several individual lots. Usually a subdivision contained 25 to 50 houses. Identified coal camps are (1) Baisden Hill Camp (2) Walnut Hill Camp (3) Hardy Camp (4) Farley Camp (5) Coalwood Camp (6) Kirby Camp (7) Hamill Camp (8) Bradshaw Camp (9) Madison Camp (10) Rothwell Camp (11) Hosmer Camp (12) Huntville Camp. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman,_West_Virginia Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman,_West_Virginia