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Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Colgate Coal Company Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1980
Scope and Contents

One time-book of the Colgate Coal Company, March, 1874 - November, 1875, Austen (Preston County), West Virginia. 74 pp. Some lists are for the Wesling Iron Ore Company.

Dates: 1874-1875
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Colgate Coal Company Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1981
Scope and Contents

Two time sheets and one list of lo[n]al coal sales for Colgate Coal Company, Austen (Preston County), West Virginia, April-June, 1872; October, 1872; and August, 1872.

Dates: 1872
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Colgate Coal Company Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1982
Scope and Contents

Two sheets of local coal sales, January- March, 1872 and October - December, 1872; four time sheets July, August, October and Decenber, 1872, for the Colgate Coal Company. Three time sheets June, July, August, 1874; four invoices October, 1874 and January, 1875, for the Wesling Iron Ore Company. Both operations were near Austen, Preston County, West Virginia.

Dates: 1872-1875
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Edward E. Meredith Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1814
Overview Clippings, letters, broadsides, and articles written or collected by E.E. Meredith, author of the newspaper column, "Do You Remember," which appeared in the Fairmont TIMES-WEST VIRGINIAN. There are: copies of theatre programs, 1917-1919; electoral tickets, 1860, 1864; a proclamation by George B. McClellan, commanding the Department of the Ohio, 1861; and an open letter, "Monongahela River Bridge Underwriting Syndicate Managers," concerning the construction of the million-dollar bridge in...
Dates: 1817-1954
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Everett F. Moore Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4253
Overview

Papers of Everett F. Moore, a lawyer who practiced in Marshall County and the surrounding area. Everett Moore was the uncle of Governor Arch Moore; they practiced law together. This collection mainly includes papers regarding legal cases and Moore’s law practice as well maps of coal fields and other mineral resources. This collection is minimally processed.

Dates: 1920-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John P. Clarke (1825-1900) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1511
Overview Correspondence, business and legal papers, surveys, account books, and a diary of a Burning Springs surveyor, oil developer, rural entrepreneur, horticulturalist, and captain of the Little Kanawha River steamer GENERAL JACKSON. Collection includes a brief journal of a trip from Des Moines, Iowa, to the Forks of the Platte in 1860; papers of Clarke's venture in quartz mining and milling in the Colorado Territory, 1861-1863; surveys of the Burning Springs oil region; letters from James C....
Dates: 1851-1900
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Joseph and Henry Bennett Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1731
Overview Letters of Henry and Joseph Bennett concerning travel by sea from New York to Chagres, Panama, overland across Panama and by ship to San Francisco in 1851. Letters from California, 1852-1853, discuss arrival of immigrants; employment conditions and wages; gambling and social life in San Francisco; investment opportunities; conditions in the gold mines; travel by steamboat to Hangtown (Placerville); churches; crime; Indians; mining profits; cost of land; ranching; blacksmith and plough shop...
Dates: 1849-1923
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Maxwell Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates: ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Oscar Kubach Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2454
Scope and Contents This collection of personal, business and financial papers, and photographs reflect Kubach's business interests and employment in West Virginia coal mines, Honduras gold and silver mines, and other activities. The correspondence, concentrated in the years 1885-87, concerns Kubach's responsibilities as secretary-treasurer of the Beury Coal & Coke Company of Stone Cliff, West Virginia, as well as personal and family matters. There are also thirty-six letters to Kubach written in German...
Dates: ca. 1815-1939
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Watson Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0630
Scope and Contents Personal papers of the Watson family in Marion County, including a genealogy of the Watson and Haymond families, newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries, social and business activities, and European travel. Mention is made of coal mining development in Marion County, strikes, labor meetings, conservation, and improvement of farming practices. There is material on politics, industrial development, early iron mining, Marion county history, the Barrickville covered bridge, Beverly-Fairmont...
Dates: 1869-1953
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center