Records, 1880-1981.

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Records, 1880-1981.

The records of the Virginia Coal & Iron Co. give relatively complete coverage of its development and operations. The coverage of predecessor and subsidiary companies is more fragmentary.

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Holton, A. Linwood (Abner Linwood), 1923-

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Prescott, Edwin J.

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Keokee Consolidated Coke Company.

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Stonega Coke and Coal Company

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The Stonega Coke & Coal Company was a typical large southern Appalacian bituminous coal producer with mines in Virginia and West Virginia. The Stonega Coke & Coal Company was incorporated in New Jersey on April 19, 1902, and reincorporated in Delaware on May 4, 1910. It was formed for the purpose of operating and further developing the coal properties of the Virginia Coal & Iron Company, which had opened its first mine at Stonega in Wise County, Va., in 1896....

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Cumberland Water Company.

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Blackwood Land Company.

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Wise Terminal Company.

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Coal Processing Corporation.

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