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Coal mining - coal companies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company, Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2566
Overview

Car record books of the Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company, in Kanawha and McDowell counties. Listed are consignees, serial numbers, types of cars, route, destination, and related information for the Acme, Empire, Buckeye, and Keystone mines.

Dates: 1907-1908

Campbell's Creek Coal Company Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2248
Overview

Three letters dated, ca.1902, exchanged by S.F. Dana and A.M. Putney of the Campbell's Creek Coal Company; letters from the Secretaries of State in West Virginia, Ohio, and New York stating when the corporation was chartered; and a copy of the 1881 survey conducted at Dana on Campbell's Creek.

Dates: 1902

Cedar Grove Mining Company Ledger

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2936
Overview

Store ledger of Cedar Grove Mining Company, Cedar Grove, Kanawha County. Contains accounts of the store's commercial relations with local banks and businesses (mainly supply companies) as well as the individual accounts of miners for store purchases and other expenses, like medical and house improvements.

Dates: 1883-1885

Charles E. Krebs (1870-1954) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1792
Overview Scrapbooks, mainly of newspaper clippings, maintained by a mining engineer, geologist, and businessman from Charleston. The scrapbooks contain clippings, announcements, and a few letters relating to Krebs' business, Charleston civic affairs, and professional engineering organizations. Topics covered include: the oil boom at Blue Creek in 1912; oil field development in Kanawha and Clay counties; oil and coal shipments on the C.&O.; coal, oil, gas, and coke production figures; report on...
Dates: 1912, 1935, 1939

Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1606
Overview Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. Marshall (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association...
Dates: 1787-1957

Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0258
Overview Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. marshal (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association...
Dates: 1787-1957

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

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

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

Consolidation Coal Company, Consultant Report and Clippings

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1159
Overview

The collection consists of a typescript report by J.C. Gaskill, assistant consulting engineer, on accidents, fires, and explosions at the mines of the Consolidation Coal Company and other companies, 1886-1926; and newspaper clippings concerning Consolidation's operations around Fairmont, West Virginia.

Dates: 1915-1956