Coal mining.
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
R.P. Chew Correspondence
Correspondence and legal papers of R.P. Chew, of Charles Town, concerning his land holdings in Logan County. Companies mentioned in connection with land. Purchases include Bowman Lumber Co., Laurel Coal and Land Co., Robinson Coal and Land Co., and Dingiss Run Coal Co. Correspondents include J. Coleman Alderson, F.B. Enslow, and A.B. Fleming.
Rush Meadows Papers
Papers of Rush Meadows, a Charleston, West Virginia, mining engineer and mine operator, containing correspondence, maps, reports, and photographs on companies involved in coal, oil and gas production in Appalachia, the Rocky Mountain states, and Latin America.
Samuel Davis Stokes Papers
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.
Slaughter's Creek Coal & Land Company Records
The company owned coal lands in the Cabin Creek district of West Virginia. The collection includes deeds, contracts, maps, and engineering reports, with mention of the Winifrede Collieries Co., Wet Branch Mining Co., Chelyan Coal & Land Co., Standard Ore and Alloys Corporation, and Charleston Interurban Railroad Company.
Smokeless Coal Operators Association Records
“The Smokeless Coal Fields of West Virginia: A Brief History” by W.P. Tams, Jr. Printed in 1963.
Smokeless Coal Operators Association Records
Smokeless Fuel Co. Records
Socialist Workers Party Papers
Statler Family Correspondence
Most of the letters are to Alice C. Statler Partiquin of Davis, West Virginia, while others are to her brother Ira Statler and other members of the family. Several letters to Ira concern operation of a coal mine in the area of Cherry Run, Morgan County. Subjects include family marriages, births, and deaths as well as news of the neighborhood. Places mentioned include Davis, Hedgesville, Holton, Horton, and Martinsburg.
Stealey Family Papers
Account books and ledger journals of a farm, coal mine, and grist mill owned by James Irvin Samson Stealey in Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1865-1907. The mill, known as the Point Mill, was located at Point Comfort, where the Elk Creek and West Fork River join.
This collection includes two series:
Series 1. James I. S. Stealey Farm and Coal Mine, 1865–1907 (box 1)
Series 2. Point Mill Company, 1892–1899 (box 2)