Laing, John B.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Coal Company Records Survey
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2554
Overview
Twenty letters from various coal interests responding to an inquiry pertaining to the history of early coal development in West Virginia. The survey was conducted by J.S. McWhorter, Attorney for Gauley Coal Land Company, for the Business Historical Society. Respondents include: C.H. Ambler, W.W. Chilton, Brooks Fleming, Jr. B. Laing, and George T. Watson.
Dates:
1933
Justus Collins (1857-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1824
Scope and Contents
Justus Collins [1857-1934] was an entrepreneur who opened his first coal mine in the Pocahontas- Flat Top coal field of Southern West Virginia, and thereafter operated mines in the New River, Tug River, and Winding Gulf coal fields. He headed a coal sales agency, speculated in coal and timber lands, headed a cement company, and was interested financially in rubber, oil, and gas companies. He played an important role in organizing the Tug River Coal Operators Association, the Winding Gulf...
Dates:
1887-1962
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- Account books 1
- Church buildings 1
- Coal Mining - Tug River field 1
- Coal mining - New River field. 1
- Coal mining - Regulation. 1
- Coal mining - Safety. 1
- Coal mining - Winding Gulf field. 1
- Coal mining - coal and coke sales. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Education 1
- History -- Societies, etc. 1
- Maps. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New River coalfields. 1
- Pocahontas-Flat Top coalfield. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia Railway - Winding Gulf Branch. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Taxation 1
- Virginian Railroad -- Railroads 1
- Winding Gulf (W. Va.) -- Coalfields 1 + ∧ less
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