Montgomery Miners

In the early 1910s, Montgomery had an extensive railroad yard, which was the shipping center for 26 different coal companies and was the largest town in Fayette County, West Virginia at the time.

The Ashland-Catlettsburg Twins, Charleston Senators, Huntington Blue Sox, Ironton Nailers and the Point Pleasant-Gallipolis teams joined the Miners as charter members of the six–team Class D level league.

[7][8] The Miners won the Mountain States League's first championship in the split schedule format amidst controversy.

In the 1911 standings, the Montgomery Miners finished in first place with a 67–43 overall record, playing under managers Ralph Fleming and Henry Runser.

Montgomery finished ahead of the second place Huntington Blue Sox (63–50), Ashland-Catlettsburg Twins (63–55), Charleston Senators (57–58) and Point Pleasant-Gallipolis/Middleport-Pomeroy (59–60) and Ironton Nailers (44–77) in the overall standings.

Montgomery was in sixth place when the franchise permanently disbanded on June 29, 1912, ending their final season with a 10–24 record, while playing under manager Reddy Mack.