Westmoreland Coal Company collection of the Stonega Coke and Coal Company papers, 1915-1957.

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Westmoreland Coal Company collection of the Stonega Coke and Coal Company papers, 1915-1957.

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The collection contains an incomplete run of 32 annual reports of the operating departments of the company and ca. 280 glass plate negatives of maps, charts, and safety warnings pertaining to the company. The reports contain summaries and statistics concerning construction, output, technological change, wage scales, wholesale prices, labor recruitment, accidents and other medical concerns, and legal cases. Photographs, maps, plans, and drawings of buildings and equipment are included in the volumes. The collection also contains annual reports for the Crab Orchard Improvement Company, Raleigh County, W. Va., whose coal was marketed by Stonega. Dr. John S. Wentz was a prominent officer of the company during much of its existence.

310 (ca.) items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7673948

University of Virginia. Library

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Wentz, John S.

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Westmoreland Coal Company

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Southern Appalachian coal producer, incorporated 1902, active in Lee and Wise counties, Va. Merged into the Westmoreland Coal Company in 1964. From the description of Westmoreland Coal Company collection of the Stonega Coke and Coal Company papers, 1915-1957. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53966093 The Westmoreland Coal Company (Del.) was formed on April 30, 1964, by the merger of the Westmoreland Coal Company (Pa.) and the Stonega Coke & Coal...

Crab Orchard Improvement Company (Raleigh County, W. Va.)

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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....