N&W in 1904 -- Ben Creek Rumor?

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Surveying Route for Norfolk and Western

A force of surveyors is on Ben Creek near Wharncliffe in Mingo County, and it is said that they are surveying a route for the Norfolk and Western to cut off the Chesapeake and Ohio on the Guyan River.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Jun. 4, 1904

[The 2.99-mile Ben Creek spur was not constructed until 1942 according to the N&W Annual Report for that year.  The name Guyan River is one of several variations of Guyandotte River according to Wikipedia}
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