Richmond coal basin project file, 1811-1953.

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Richmond coal basin project file, 1811-1953.

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This is a collection of information about the Richmond, Virginia, coal fields by the Swartwout family who owned local coal property. Included are general reports on the Richmond Coal fields, Gayton coal mines, property owned by Old Dominion Development Company, Richmond Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company, Manakin Iron Works, Carbon Hill mining tract, Railey-Heth Coal pits in Chesterfield County, and Coalbrook operations. Several of the reports inclde sketches of the coal basin strata. Reports, newspaper articles, and letters are by Decatur Axtell, B. F. Bush, S. Harris Daddow, E. V. d'Invilliers, Conway Moncure, William Barton Rogers, Edward M. Tierney, P. L. Torrence, H. A. Treadwell, F. R. Wadleigh, John I. Werth, T. M. Wortham, and John P. Yeatman.

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Jones, Meriwether, 1853-1936.

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Mining engineer, of Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1817-1921. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122561091 From the description of Papers, 1817-1921. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536398 ...

Manakin Iron Works (Manakin, Va.).

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Evans, Lorezo Sibert, b. 1874.

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Tierhey, Edward M.

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Treadwell, H. A.

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Old Dominion Development Company.

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Minor, R. D.

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Richmond Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company (Richmond, Va.).

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Miller, S. M.

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Bush, Benjamin Franklin, b.1860.

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Lawton, John, 1952-

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Wadleigh, F. R.

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Swartwout family.

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Moncure, Conway.

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Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882

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Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1835-1853. In the years following his departure, he founded and was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. From the description of Papers of William Barton Rogers [manuscript], 1843 December 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837261 Shields was a student from Cumberland County, Va.; afterwards a captain and surgeon, C.S.A., then physician and farmer in Union Count...

D'Invillers, Edward Vincent, 1857-1928.

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Daddow, Samuel Harries

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Wortham, Thomas M.

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Yeatman, John P.

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Werth, John I.

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Torrence, P. L.

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Kimball, Jane Putnam, 1836-1913.

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Axtell Decatur.

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