Smokeless WV

Smokeless WV is an unincorporated community and former coal town 1.4 miles south/southeast of Matoaka WV on Rt 10.  It was named after the local Smokeless Coal and Coke Company, which operated the mine there in the early 1900s. (https://westvirginia.hometownlocator.com/wv/mercer/smokeless.cfm) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokeless,_West_Virginia)

The mine was located at the mouth of the big branch of Widemouth Creek. (https://books.google.com/books?id=NK9KAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=Sm…) pg 218