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Coal mining.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

Samuel Davis Stokes Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2542
Scope and Contents

Business and financial papers, correspondence and legal files of S.D. Stokes, a Williamson, West Virginia, attorney. The material consists of bills, accounts and receipts; business papers (ca. 1921-1925), reflecting Stokes' interest in farming and his law office files (1915-1925), arranged alphabetically by client's name. Subjects include Mingo County and coal-related court cases.

Dates: ca. 1915-1925