Guide to the Consolidation Coal Company Records, 1854-1971 AIS.2011.03
Arrangement
Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Consolidation Coal Company Records
Creator
Consolidation Coal Company
Collection Number
AIS.2011.03
Extent
168.59 Linear Feet(92 boxes, 44 oversize boxes, 1 map drawer)
Date
1854-1971
Date
1864-1964
Abstract
The Consolidation Coal Company (Consol) was created by the merger of several small operators mining the Georges Creek coal basin in Allegany County, Maryland. The company expanded rapidly in the early twentieth century through the purchase of substantial tracts in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky as well as docks and distribution facilities in the Great Lakes region. By 1927, Consol was the nation's largest producer of bituminous coal. Following a merger with the Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1945, the company pursued a policy of acquiring companies which afforded opportunities for greater diversification while selling off unprofitable lines. In addition, a new research and development division was created to fund projects aimed at developing more efficient production methods and new outlets for coal consumption. The records of the Consolidation Coal Company and its affiliated companies are arranged in seven series. Minute books and contract files provide the most comprehensive documentation in this collection.
Language
English
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Author
Hagley Museum and Library. Entered into Archivists' Toolkit by ULS Archives Service Center staff upon receipt of collection.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
History
The Consolidation Coal Company (Maryland)
The Consolidation Coal Company was incorporated in Maryland on March 8, 1860, for the purpose of effecting a merger of a number of coal operators mining the Georges Creek basin in Allegany County, Maryland. Because of the Civil War, during which Confederate armies frequently blocked the region's only outlet to market, the company was not actually organized until April 19, 1864. Starting life as the dominant operator in this small but significant coal field, "Consol" rose to become the nation's top producer of bituminous coal.
The Georges Creek or Cumberland Coal Field, occupying part of the triangle of western Maryland, contained a high-quality, low-volatile bituminous steam coal which was also, thanks to the Potomac River, the coal of this type most accessible to Eastern markets. Coal had been mined in the region beginning in the 1700s, and the first coal company, the Maryland Mining Company, had been incorporated in 1828. However, large-scale development could not occur until the mid-1840s, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached Cumberland and provided reliable transportation. This also coincided with the development of ocean steam navigation and a rapid growth in the number of railroad locomotives and stationary steam engines. Cumberland coal was ideal for ship bunkering, and much of the output was shipped to New York Harbor. Naturally, New York capitalists and manufacturers played a leading role in developing the field. Lewis Howell's Maryland and New York Iron and Coal Company rolled the first solid U.S. railroad rail at its Mount Savage mill in 1844. The Consolidation Coal merger was put together by New Yorkers such as William H. Aspinwall, Erastus Corning, the Delanos and Roosevelts, and the Boston financier John Murray Forbes, who already had substantial investments in the region.
Upon its formation, the Consolidation Coal Company acquired the properties of the Ocean Steam Coal Company, the Frostburg Coal Company, and the Mount Savage Iron Company totaling about 11,000 acres. The last named company brought with it control of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, which connected the mines to the Baltimore & Ohio and later the Pennsylvania and Western Maryland railroads. In 1870, Consol absorbed the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company of 1840, the next largest operator in the field, and gained an additional 7,000 acres. Further purchases from the Delano interests gave it over 80 percent of the entire Cumberland Field.
Soon after its hated rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, gained access to the Cumberland Coal Field, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began purchasing large blocks of Consolidation Coal stock to protect its traffic base in 1875, eventually gaining a 52 percent interest. A B&O slate of directors was elected in February 1877, with Charles F. Mayer of Baltimore as president, and the company offices were moved from New York to Baltimore.
Until the turn of the century, Consolidation Coal's mining operations were confined to the small soft coal region of western Maryland. The company purchased the 12,000 acre Millholland coal tract near Morgantown, W.Va. in 1902 and acquired controlling interests in the Fairmont Coal Company of West Virginia and the Somerset Coal Company of Pennsylvania the following year. These acquisitions boosted Consolidation's annual production more than six-fold in only three years. The company purchased the 25,000 acre Stony Creek tract in Somerset County, Pa., in 1904. The Fairmont Coal Company purchase included a joint interest in the North Western Fuel Company, which owned and operated docks and coal distribution facilities in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
In 1906, the Interstate Commerce Commission held a formal investigation of rail ownership of coal companies, which resulted in the passage of the Hepburn Act and its "Commodities Clause," which prohibited railroads from dealing in the commodities they hauled. In anticipation of the new regulations, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sold its entire holdings of Consolidation stock to a Baltimore syndicate headed by Consol president Clarence W. Watson, J. H. Wheelwright and H. Crawford on April 26, 1906. At the time of the B&O's divestiture, the aggregate annual output of Consolidation's mines totaled more than 10 million tons and the company controlled more than 200,000 acres. The John D. Rockefeller interests began purchasing Consol securities in 1915, eventually securing a controlling interest. The company's offices were returned to New York City in May 1921.
After the B&O divestiture, Consol began expanding into the Southern Appalachian coal fields, which were just being opened by railroads on a large scale. The mines in this region yielded a low volatile coal that provided an ideal fuel source for stationary steam engines, ships, and locomotives. Of equal importance, operators in the remote mountains had been able to resist unionization and thus achieve lower operating costs, while all of Consol's previous holdings had been in the so-called "Central Competitive Field" to the north, which had been unionized in the 1890s. Consolidation Coal purchased 30,000 acres in the Millers Creek Field of Eastern Kentucky in 1909 and 100,000 acres in the Elkhorn Field the next year. In February 1922, Consol secured a long term lease and option on the Carter Coal Company, whose 37,000 acres straddled the borders of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. In 1925, Consol became the nation's largest producer of bituminous coal, excluding the captive mines of the steel companies.
During the Great Depression, Consolidation Coal experienced serious financial difficulties and was forced into receivership on June 2, 1932. The Rockefellers liquidated their holdings at a loss, and the Carter Coal Company was returned to the Carter heirs in 1933. Consol was reorganized and reincorporated in Delaware as the Consolidation Coal Company, Inc. on November 1, 1935, and was able to retain its position as one of the nation's top coal producers. Eventually, stock control passed into the hands of the M.A. Hanna Company group of Cleveland, dealers in coal and iron ore. Although production reached record levels during the Second World War, management feared a recurrence of the collapse that had followed World War I. It also faced the prospect of increased competition from oil and natural gas and the loss of traditional markets such as home heating and locomotive fuel. As a result Consol opened negotiations with another large producer, the Pittsburgh Coal Company, which was the dominant operator in the Pittsburgh District.
The Pittsburgh Coal Company
The Pittsburgh Coal Company was a product of the great industrial merger movement of the late 1890s. In 1899, two large mergers were effected in the Pittsburgh District.
The Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on October 1, 1899 to merge the properties of over 90 small firms operating mines along the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh. Some of these operations dated to the early 1800s, and all of them shipped coal down the Ohio-Mississippi River system by barge from close to the mine mouth, or later by the railroads built along the river banks. The combination controlled 40,000 acres of coal land, 100 steam towboats, 4,000 barges, and facilities for handling coal at Cincinnati, Louisville, Vicksburg, Memphis, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
The Pittsburgh Coal Company was incorporated in New Jersey as a holding company on September 1, 1899 and acquired the properties of over 80 operators located in the areas back from the river on both sides of the Monongahela south of Pittsburgh. The combination was engineered by some of the most prominent Pittsburgh industrialists, including Andrew W. Mellon, Henry W. Oliver, and Henry Clay Frick. It controlled over 80,000 acres and six collector railroads, the longest of which was the Montour Railroad. Most of its output was shipped by rail, with a large share being transferred to ships on the Great Lakes for distribution throughout the industrial Midwest. The company owned coal docks and yards at Chicago, Cleveland, Duluth, West Superior, Sault Ste. Marie, Ashtabula, Fairport and Thornburg. Subsequently, the company expanded in southwestern Pennsylvania and the Hocking Valley of Ohio through the lease of the Shaw Coal Company in 1901 and the purchase of the Midland Coal Company in 1903. Most of the properties were vested in a separate Pittsburgh Coal Company, an operating company incorporated in Pennsylvania.
Unlike the Consolidation Coal Company, which had grown by gradual accretion, the Pittsburgh Coal Company had been created in a single stroke. As with many mergers of the period, its capitalization probably contained a high percentage of "water" in anticipation of profits from future growth. Unfortunately, the years after the merger saw explosive growth in the coal fields of Southern Appalachia instead. Although farther from major consuming centers, they enjoyed several advantages. The coal itself was superior, low-volatile with higher BTU content and altogether cleaner than the high-volatile coals of Ohio and the Pittsburgh District. As already noted, the southern mines were also non-union. With the inroads of Southern Appalachian coal, the Pittsburgh Coal Company continuously lost ground in the crucial Lake and western markets from 1900 to 1915. The company's capitalization proved unwieldy in the unsettled economic conditions following the Panic of 1907. A reorganization plan was devised under which a new Pittsburgh Coal Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on January 12, 1916 by merging the old Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania and the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company. The old holding company was then liquidated and the stock of the new operating company distributed to its stockholders. Dissension between the common and preferred stockholders delayed consummation of the plan until July 16, 1917.
The Pittsburgh Coal Company, which had all its operations in the Central Competitive Field, had a much more difficult time than Consolidation in breaking the 1923 Jacksonville Agreement with the United Mine Workers in 1925-1927 and reverting to non-union status. The three-year struggle ended the company's ability to pay dividends. Pittsburgh Coal survived the Depression without receivership but with ever-increasing arrearages on its preferred stock. By the end of World War II, its managers were just as eager as those at Consol to attempt greater economies through merger. The Pittsburgh Coal Company and the Consolidation Coal Company merged on November 23, 1945, with exchange ratios of 65 to 35 percent. Pittsburgh Coal Company, the surviving partner, changed its name to the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.
The Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
After the merger, the M.A. Hanna Company interests of Cleveland became the dominant factor in Pitt-Consol's affairs. Hanna had transferred its pre-merger Consol stock to its subsidiary Bessemer Coal & Coke Corporation in 1943. This led to a restructuring whereby Pitt-Consol acquired Hanna's share of the North Western-Hanna Fuel Company in April 1946 and the Hanna coal properties in eastern Ohio on June 16, 1946 These included large reserves of strippable coal that accounted for about 20 percent of the state's production. Pitt-Consol later acquired Hanna's holdings of coal land in Harrison, Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, on December 30, 1949. It purchased the New York Central Railroad's 51 percent interest in the Jefferson Coal Company, giving it full control, in 1952 and merged it into the Hanna Coal Company Division.
Pitt-Consol sold its last major railroads, the Montour Railroad and the Youngstown & Southern Railway to the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad on December 31, 1946. The Northwestern Coal Railway had been sold to the Great Northern system, and the Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad had been sold to the Western Maryland Railway in May 1944.
In addition, a new Research and Development Division was created to fund projects aimed at developing more efficient production methods, new outlets for coal consumption, coal-based synthetic fuels and chemical byproducts. A new coal gasification plant opened at Library, Pa., in November 1948, and the company began the manufacture of a smokeless fuel briquette under the trademark "Disco" at Imperial, Pa., in 1949. An experimental coal slurry pipeline was built in Ohio in 1952.
During the 1950s and early 1960s, Pitt-Consol made many changes in its coal holdings, selling high-cost or less desirable properties, diversifying its reserves across many different coal fields, rationalizing property lines to permit large mechanized underground or strip mines and forming joint ventures with steel companies to secure guaranteed customers. Pitt-Consol acquired the Jamison Coal and Coke Company in 1954 and the Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated, a large producer of low-volatile Southern Appalachian coal, in 1956. In the latter year, it sold its Elkhorn Field properties to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. As Pittsburgh District operations became less central, the corporate name was changed back to Consolidation Coal Company in April 1958.
The Consolidation Coal Company, CONOCO and CONSOL Energy, Inc.:
Consol continued to expand into the early 1960s. On April 30, 1962, it absorbed the Truax-Traer Coal Company of Illinois. Truax-Traer also mined lignite in North Dakota, a low-grade but low-sulfur coal that was taking a greater share of the power generation market as environmental laws placed greater restrictions on high-sulfur coal from the Central Competitive Field. The following year Consol acquired the Crozer Coal and Land Company and the Page Coal and Coke Company, owners of additional reserves of low-volatile, low-sulfur steam coal in southern West Virginia.
In 1966, just two years after the company marked its centennial, Consolidation Coal was acquired by the Continental Oil Company (Conoco). This was part of a general trend whereby U.S. oil companies extended their reach by acquiring coal reserves and large coal producers. In turn, Conoco was acquired by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in 1981. This purchase was motivated by DuPont's desire to obtain better control of chemical feedstocks in an era of high oil prices. Consolidation Coal was not a major factor in the Conoco acquisition and did not really fit into DuPont's strategy, especially after coal and oil prices declined. As a result, it was quickly sold off when DuPont was restructured a decade later. In 1991, a new holding company CONSOL Engery, Inc. was incorporated as a joint venture of DuPont Energy Company and the German energy conglomerate Rheinisch-Westfalisches Elektrizitatswerk A.G., through its wholly owned subsidiaries Rheinbraun A.G. and Rheinbraun U.S.A. GmbH. Consolidation Coal Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of CONSOL Energy, Inc. DuPont eventually sold most of its half interest, so that by 1998, Rheinbraun affiliates owned 94% of CONSOL Energy stock, while DuPont Energy retained only 6%. CONSOL Energy purchased the entire stock of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company on September 22, 1998. CONSOL Energy stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CNX" in 1999, with an initial public offering of more than 20 million shares.
CONSOL Energy produced more than 74 million tons of coal in 1999, accounting for approximately 7% of domestic production. The company currently operates 22 mining complexes, primarily east of the Mississippi River.
Copyright
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Preferred Citation
Consolidation Coal Company Records, 1854-1971, AIS.2011.03, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
The processing of this collection was completed by Hagley Museum and Library staff (Robert Reed and Jennifer Andrews) in May 2002; the finding aid later revised by Christopher T. Baer (Hagley) in May 2009. Upon receipt of the collection by the University of Pittsburgh, the finding aid was entered into Archivists' Toolkit by ASC staff in 2011 and subsequently published.
Arrangement
The records of the Consolidation Coal Company and its affiliated companies are arranged in seven series. The most comprehensive documentation in this collection is provided by company minute books and contract files.
Series I contains minute books of the Consolidation Coal Company for the period from 1902-1965. The bulk of these records are from 1902-1949. Included in this series are books containing the minutes of Stockholders', Board of Directors', Executive Committee, and Finance Committee meetings and records of the company's reorganization and receivership proceedings.
Series II contains minute books of the Pittsburgh Coal Company for the period from 1894-1946. Included in this series are books containing the minutes of Stockholders', Board of Directors', Executive Committee, and Finance Committee meetings.
Series III contains the minute books of companies associated with the Consolidation Coal Company for the period from 1854-1963. These records represent subsidiaries as well as merged companies and are arranged alphabetically.
Series IV contains stockholders' records for the period from 1864-1940. The bulk of these records cover the period from 1892-1940. Included in this series are stock certificates, stock ledgers, and stock transfer books.
Series V contains financial records for the period from 1864-1971. The bulk of these records cover the period from 1864-1950. Included in this series are journals and ledgers of the Consolidation Coal Company as well as payroll records from associated companies.
Series VI contains contract files from the Secretary's office of the Consolidation Coal Company. These contracts are arranged in chronological order and include deeds, land purchases, leases, and other agreements.
Series VII contains contract files from associated companies. Included in this series are agreements made by the Monongahela River Coke and Coal Company and the Fairmont Coal Company.
Scope and Content Notes
The records of the Consolidation Coal Company (Consol) are skeletal and incomplete, being limited to corporate records from the company's record storage facility in Library, Pa. The surviving records are limited primarily to series from the Corporate Secretary's Office, including minute books and agreement and contract files. Annual reports have been transferred to the Imprints Department. The company's historical photograph collection covering its operations in the Cumberland Field had been given previously to the Smithsonian Institution. Many early records, including some of the earliest Consol minutes and minutes of most of the Maryland predecessor companies, appear to have been lost in the great Baltimore Fire of 1904.
Because the Pittsburgh Coal Company became the surviving parent and because Library was originally a Pittsburgh Coal Company facility, the records are disproportionally representative of the Pittsburgh Coal Company side of the family tree. The contract files are primarily from the Pittsburgh Coal Company and the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company. Also represented among the minutes are the Fairmont Coal Company group and the Hanna Coal Company group, which were close enough to send records to Library. Conspicuously absent are any records from the Pocahontas Fuel Company group.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Consolidation Coal Company to the Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware, in December 1991. Transferred to the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center in April 2011 through arrangements by CONSOL Energy, Inc.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Previous Citation
Consolidation Coal Company Records, 1854-1971, AIS.2011.03, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Consolidation Coal Company Records, Accession 2030, Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
Custodial History
This collection was originally held in the Pittsburgh Coal Company's record storage facility in Library, Pa. It was donated to the Hagley Museum and Library in December 1991. It was transferred to the University of Pittsburgh's Archives Service Center in April 2011.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Consolidation Coal Company
Genres
Contract documents
Contracts
Corporation reports
Financial records
Minute books
Other Subjects
Coal mines and mining -- Maryland
Coal mines and mining -- Kentucky
Coal-mining machinery -- United States
Coal-handling machinery -- United States
Coal trade -- United States
Coal -- Transportation -- United States
Coal preparation -- United States
Bituminous coal industry -- United States
Coal mines and mining -- Pennsylvania
Coal mines and mining -- Virginia
Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia
Railroads -- Pennsylvania
Container List
Scope and Content Notes
The following series contains corporate records identified with each parent company.
Corporate History
Incorporated: September 13, 1899, in N.J.; Demised: dissolved June 18, 1919; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company (Pennsylvania : 1916-1945); Statistics: Holding company formed to acquired properties of Pennsylvania Mining Company and others through a syndicate headed by Moore & Schley. Under reorganization plan, effective January 1, 1916, former operating subsidiary Pittsburgh Coal Company (Pennsylvania) became parent company by distribution of stock.
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Corporate History
Incorporated: January 12, 1916, in Pa.; Demised: November 23, 1945, by merger; Predecessors: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania, Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: New parent company established under reorganization plan, replacing holding company Pittsburgh Coal Company (N.J.) and two main operating companies. Absorbed Consolidation Coal Company on November 23, 1945, and changed name to Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.
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Corporate History
Incorporated: November 23, 1945, in Pa; Demised: dissolved September 20, 1951; Predecessor: Pittsburgh Coal Company (Pennsylvania : 1916-1945); Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated former Pittsburgh Coal Company mines for Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company from December 1, 1945 to December 31, 1949. Last assets sold to Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, January 31, 1950.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: pre-1900, in PA; Demised: reincorporated January 12, 1916; Predecessor: Pennsylvania Mining Company, etc.; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company (Pennsylvania : 1916-1945); Statistics: Incorporated in Pa. as Pennsylvania Mining Company prior to 1900. On January 12, 1904, the Pittsburgh Coal Company (N.J.) conveyed all its mining operations and railroads in Pennsylvania to the Pennsylvania Mining Company, which changed its name to Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania on March 11, 1904. Under reorganization plan, it was superseded effective January 1, 1916, by a new Pittsburgh Coal Company (Pa.), which became the parent company.
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Scope and Content Notes
The following series contains corporate records identified with each predecessor and subsidiary companies.
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 20, 1899, in W.V; Demised: October 1, 1949, by expiration of charter; Predecessor: None; Successor: Brier Hill Coal & Coke Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Harrison County, W.Va. Assets sold to Brier Hill Coal & Coke Company in Jan. 1901.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 21, 1935, in MD; Demised: December 10, 1943; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Owned real estate in Cumberland Coal Field of Maryland.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 24, 1899, in W.V; Demised: February 1906; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Marion County, W.Va. Sold to Fairmont Coal Company ca. 1901
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: July 12, 1941, in DE; Demised: January 2, 1958, by merger into Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc.; Predecessor: American Coal Company of Allegany County (New Jersey); Successor: Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated; Statistics: Operated mines in Cumberland and Pocahontas coal fields..
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 30, 1854, in MD; Demised: December 30, 1904; Predecessor: None; Successor: American Coal Company of Allegany County (New Jersey); Statistics: Operated coal mines at Barton and Lonaconing, Md. Also owned controlling interest in Georges Creek & Cumberland Railroad Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 24, 1903, in N.J; Demised: December 30, 1943, by merger.; Predecessor: American Coal Company of Allegany County (Maryland); Successor: American Coal Company of Allegany County (Delaware); Statistics: Operated coal mines in Allegany County, Md., and later in Pocahontas Field of W.Va.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 26, 1912, in Ohio; Demised: December 31, 1925; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania; Statistics: Operated coal yards and lake terminals. Subsidiary of Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 26, 1917, in W.V; Demised: Failed Dec. 1919; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated a plumbing supply business. Bankrupt and dissolved April 18, 1919; reincorporated April 19, 1919; failed for second time Dec. 1919.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 2, 1919, in W.V; Demised: November 14, 1944, by dissolution; Predecessor: None; Successor: North Western Fuel Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Ohio County; sold to North Western Fuel Company Dec. 2, 1943.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 26, 1892, in LA; Demised: January 5, 1918; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated coal yards and transported coal up and down the Mississippi River; acquired by Monongahela Consolidated Coal & Coke Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 31, 1898, in Ohio; Demised: September 11, 1903, by merger; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Operated coal yards and terminals.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: Feb. 14, 1920, in IL; Demised: dissolved in 1930; Statistics: Incorporated as F.C. Austin Machinery Company; subsidiary of Virginia company of same name; name changed May 20, 1920; sales company for coal-handling machinery; indebted to Consolidation Coal Company.
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 14, 1903, in WV; Demised: 1912 by sale of assets; Predecessor: None; Successor: Bellview Realty Company; Statistics: Owned real estate and house lots near Fairmont; originally owned by Fairmont Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 10, 1912, in WV; Demised: 1913; Predecessor: Bellview Improvement Company; Successor: Fairmont Building and Investment Company; Statistics: Owned house lots near Fairmont. Company was sold to Fairmont Building and Investment Company in 1913.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 17, 1902, in PA; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Incorporated as Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia Coal & Coke Company; renamed Bessemer Coal & Coke Company, October 8, 1902. Operated mines in Allegheny County, Pa. Controlling interest purchased by Republic Iron and Steel Company in 1917. Later controlled 50% by M.A. Hanna Company, which in turn held controlling interest in Consolidation Coal Company ca. 1940.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 16, 1930, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved Dec. 28, 1931; Predecessor: None; Successor: Hanna Coal Company; Statistics: Owned coal land in Jefferson County, Ohio; sold to Hanna Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 29, 1899, in PA; Demised: stricken from record June 1909; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: ca. 1898 in W.Va.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 24, 1891, in W.V; Demised: February 1, 1906; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in northern W.Va. Sold to Fairmont Coal Company ca. 1901
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 15, 1899, in PA; Demised: June 1909; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for railroad held by Pittsburgh Coal Company, but not built.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: February 11, 1941, in W.V; Demised: January 31, 1948, by merger; Predecessor: Continental Coal Company; Successor: Christopher Coal Company; Statistics: Operated Brock Mine at Cassville, W.Va. formerly operated by Continental Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 29, 1915 in N.J; Statistics: Operated a coastal shipping line on East Coast and Caribbean.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 11, 1926, in W.V; Demised: dissolved December 31, 1943; Predecessors: Consolidation Coal Company, Monongah Company; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Acquired company houses and real estate at Montana, Enterprise and Gaston Plants of Consolidation Coal Company. Acquired assets of Monongah Company in April 1933. Remaining property conveyed to Consolidation Coal Company in 1935.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: July 1, 1906, in KY; Demised: dissolved February 6, 1917; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Activities not known.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: February 17, 1905, in Ont; Demised: No date provided; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated coal docks and terminals at Port Arthur and Fort William; associated with Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 16, 1899, in PA; Demised: stricken from record June 1909; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 19, 1939, in N.Y.; Demised: dissolved December 6, 1963; Statistics: Operated a coal terminal at Clayton, N.Y.; subsidiary of Hanna Fuels, Inc.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 21, 1900, in W.V; Demised: April 9, 1930; Predecessor: None; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Acquired by Consolidation Coal Company from Millholland interests in 1902. Charter for unbuilt railroad from Millholland lands to B&O Railroad.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: August 5, 1905, in PA; Demised: stricken from record June 1909; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 29, 1906, in Wisconsin; Demised: May 31, 1911, by sale of assets; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin; Statistics: Operated coal docks and terminals at Ashland and Sheboygan.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 19, 1910, in PA; Demised: dissolved September 18, 1951; Predecessor: Youghiogheny Coal Company; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Incorporated as Youghiogheny Coal Company; renamed Champion Coal Company, February 22, 1937; subsidiary of Pittsburgh Coal Company; property sold to Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, July 31, 1951.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 23, 1902, in PA; Demised: July 13, 1942; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 15, 1899, in PA; Demised: July 13, 1942; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 30, 1903; Demised: dissolved July 12, 1929.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: July 26, 1900, in W.V; Demised: March 22, 1902; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Controlled by coal operators in the Fairmont District for the purpose of shipping coal to Chicago.
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box 12
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 13, 1956, in PA; Demised: July 31, 1956 by transfer of assets; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Owned coal land in western Pennsylvania
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box 12
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 16, 1901, in W.V, Demised: October 3, 1912; Predecessor: None; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in northern W.Va. Acquired by Fairmont Coal Company in 1903.
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box 13
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 20, 1899, in W.V; Demised: October 19, 1901; Predecessor: None; Successor: Highland Coal and Coke Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Fairmont District. Property sold to Highland Coal and Coke Company in 1901.
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box 13
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 4, 1917, in Ohio. Demised: October 30, 1926; Predecessor: None; Sucessor: Pursglove Coal Mining Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Monongalia County, WV; stock exchanged for that of Pursglove Coal Mining Company in 1926.
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box 13
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 16, 1896, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved October 1, 1903; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Operated a coal business at Cleveland; all property sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company, September 15, 1903.
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box 13
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: August 20, 1934, in W.V; Demised: June 17, 1946; Predecessors: Clover Splint Coal Company; Harlan Splint Land Company, Incorporated; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Mined high quality splint coal at Closplint, Harlan County, Ky. Purchased by Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company on August 23, 1944.
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box 13
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 27, 1929, in DE; Demised: dissolved October 14, 1948; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Organized by Foster Wheeler Corporation and American Gas & Electric Company to make processed fuel called "Carbolite" from coal. Built pilot plant at Philo, Ohio, which was sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company on September 31, 1931 and removed. Became subsidiary of Pittsburgh Coal Carbonization Company in 1939.
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box 13
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: February 9, 1900, in PA; Demised: stricken from record April 3, 1914; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania; Statistics: Operated mines in Fayette County, Pa.. Assets sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania, March 1904.
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box 13
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 11, 1899, in W.V; Demised: October 19, 1901 (Date of last meeting); Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated mines in the Fairmont District. Sold to Consolidation Coal Company interests in 1901.
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box 13
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 15, 1933; Demised: June 27, 1947; Predecessor: Concoal Sales Corporation; Successor: None; Statistics: Name changed from Concoal Sales Corporation to Consol Coal; Sales Corporation on March 31, 1941. Acted as selling agent for Appalachian Coals, Inc. for Consol's Elkhorn and Millers Creek coals.
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box 14
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 10, 1946, in DE; Demised: dissolved January 3, 1949; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Exclusive sales agent for Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania, Consolidation Coal Company (Kentucky) and Consolidation Coal Company (West Virginia).
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box 5
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 6, 1946, in KY; Demised: dissolved March 1, 1950; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operating company for former Elkhorn Division and Millers Creek Division mines from December 1, 1945 through December 15, 1949.
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box 5
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 20, 1945, in W.V; Demised: dissolved February 8, 1950; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operating company for former West Virginia Division mines from December 1, 1945 through December 15, 1949.
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box 6
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 20, 1922, in DE; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Manufactured an artificial fuel called "Carbocoal".
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box 14
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 11, 1914, in Mass; Demised: February 4, 1932; Predecessor: None; Successor: Metropolitan Marine and Fuel Company; Statistics: Operated coastwise fleet for shipment of coal to New England. Assets sold to Metropolitan Marine and Fuel Company.
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box 14
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 21, 1903, in PA; Demised: December 15, 1944; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Manufacturer of fire brick at Monongahela, Pa.
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box 14
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 4, 1850, in MD; Demised: Sold by Consolidation Coal Company, May 1944; Predecessor: Mount Savage Iron Company; Successor: Western Maryland Railway Company; Statistics: Operated railroad in Cumberland, Md. Coal Field. Subsidiary of Consolidation Coal Company, 1864-1944 . Sold to Western Maryland Railway Company, May 1944.
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box 14
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 23, 1946, in PA; Demised: March 16, 1951; Predecessor: Pittsburgh Coal Carbonization Company; Successor: None; Statistics: Manufactured smokeless fuel briquettes and extracted coal tar from coal at Imperial, Pa.
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box 15
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 4, 1915, in W.V; Demised: December 2, 1918; Predecessor: None; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Pike County, Ky.
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box 15
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 7, 1892, in PA; Demised: April 20, 1914; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Westmoreland County, Pa. Land sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company in July 1911.
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box 15
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 9, 1906, in DE; Demised: August 20, 1908; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Owned and operated railroad coal cars for Fairmont Coal Company and Somerset Coal Company. All assets sold to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in 1907.
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box 15
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 20, 1901, in W.V; Demised: dissolved December 31, 1936; Predecessors: Montana Coal & Coke Company, West Fairmont Coal & Coke Company, Briar Hill Coal & Coke Company, Gaston Gas Coal Company, Highland Coal & Coke Company, the Monongah Company, Palatine Coal Company, Pennois Coal & Coke Company, Worthington Coal & Coke Company, West Fork Mining Company, Middleton Coal Company, American Coal & Coke Company, Hutchinson-Ehlen Coal Company, Mason Coal & Coke Company, Hutchinson Coal Company, Meadowbrook Coal & Coke Company, Riverdale Mining Company; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company
Statistics: Formed by Johnson M. Camden interests. Operated mines in northern West Virginia. Acquired by Consolidation Coal Company in 1903. All property transferred to Consolidation Coal Company in November 1935.
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box 15
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oversize 101
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oversize 102
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oversize 103
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box 15
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box 16
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 12, 1900, in W.V; Demised: April 5, 1904 (Date of last meeting.); Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company; Statistics: Sales company for coal operators of Fairmont District. All assets and leases sold to Fairmont Coal Company, June 30, 1901.
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box 16
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 14, 1938, in W.V; Demised: dissolved January 30, 1948; Predecessor: None; Successor: None
Statistics: Sales company for coal operators in Northern West Virginia, District No. 3, under the Guffey Act. Jointly owned by Consolidation Coal Company, Koppers Coal Division of Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates, Jamison Coal & Coke Company, et al.
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box 16
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 16, 1900, in W.V; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Organized by representatives of the Montana Coal & Coke Company, the Monongah Coal & Coke Company, the J.A. Clark Coal Company, the Worthington Coal & Coke Company and the Highland Coal & Coke Company to handle sales and shipments at Lake ports.
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box 16
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 2, 1906, in W.V; Demised: May 1, 1935; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Machinery Company; Statistics: Manufactures coal-mining machinery. Subsidiary of Fairmont Coal Company and then of Consolidation Coal Company.
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box 16
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 12, 1921, in W.V; Demised: June 18, 1951, by merger; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Machinery Company; Statistics: Dealer in mine and mill supplies for Consolidation Coal Company.
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box 17
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 5, 1917, in W.V; Demised: October 30, 1917; Predecessor: None; Successor: Utilities Corporation; Statistics: Owned Citizens Dollar Savings Bank Building and Home Savings Bank Building at Fairmont, W.Va.. Name changed to Utilities Corporation on October 30, 1917.
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box 17
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 25, 1887, in PA; Demised: July 25, 1911; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania; Statistics: Operated coal mines on Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pa..; property sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania in 1904.
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box 17
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 13, 1900, in W.V; Demised: June 28, 1920 (Date of last meeting. Dissolution discussed and approved.); Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad. Controlled by Consolidation Coal Company.
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box 17
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 2, 1900, in PA; Demised: September 22, 1909; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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box 17
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: in W.Va., date unknown; Demised: 1901; Predecessor: None; Successor: Brier Hill Coal and Coke Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Fairmont District. Assets sold to Brier Hill Coal and Coke Company in January 1901.
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box 33
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 22, 1917, in Ohio; Demised: December 22, 1923, by merger; Predecessor: Roby Coal Company; Successor: New Pittsburgh Coal Company (Ohio); Statistics: Operated mines in southern Ohio. Acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1923.
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box 17
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 19, 1898, in Maine; Demised: dissolved May 28, 1903; Predecessor: None; Successor: New Pittsburgh Coal Company (Ohio); Statistics: Operated mines in Athens County, Ohio. Leases sold to New Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1902.
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box 17
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 15, 1899, in Pa; Demised: stricken from record June 1909; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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box 17
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 15, 1900, in Ohio; Demised: Unknown; Predecessors: Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Mining Company; Bituminous Investment Company; Successor: Hanna Coal Company (1946-1950); Statistics: Incorporated as Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Mining Company. Acquired mining properties of Bituminous Investment Company and renamed Hanna Coal Company, December 14, 1931; subsidiary of Hanna Coal Company (Del.), which was renamed Hanna Coal Sales Company (Del.) in 1939.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 6, 1946, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved June 26, 1950; Predecessor: Hanna Coal Company (1931-1946); Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Acquired the coal properties of the old Hanna Coal Company, a subsidiary of M.A. Hanna Company. The old Hanna Coal Company was then renamed Hanna Lands Company.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 9, 1930, in Pa; Demised: April 19, 1955; Predecessor: Hempfield Supply Company; Successor: Jamison Coal & Coke Company; Statistics: Acquired property of Hempfield Supply Company. Operated company stores associated with Jamison Coal & Coke Company in Westmoreland County, Pa. and in W.Va.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: In Pa., date unknown; Demised: June 15, 1927; Predecessor: None; Successor: Bessemer Coal and Coke Corporation; Statistics: Incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Purchased by Bessemer Coal and Coke Corporation on June 15, 1927.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 25, 1898, in W.V; Demised: April 5, 1904; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in northern W.Va. Sold to Fairmont Coal Company in 1901.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 27, 1932, in N.J.; Demised: dissolved December 30, 1936; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated coal and oil terminal at Port Newark, N.J. Acquired by Consolidation Coal Company in March 1936.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 28, 1899, in Pa.; Demised: stricken from record June 1909; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 1881; Demised: dissolved December 26, 1917; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company
Statistics: Operated coal boats on Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Acquired by Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company.
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oversize 103
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 4, 1923, in W.Va; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Planned to operate mines in Fairmont District. No indication of any activity after organization.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 30, 1903, in Ill.; Demised: Bankrupt ca. 1916; Predecessors: Jones & Adams Company, Chicago Virden Coal Company, Virden Coal Company, Girard Coal Company, Litchfield Mining & Power Company, Sorento Coal Company; Successor: Montour Coal Company (Ill.); Statistics: Incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois as the United Collieries Company. Renamed Illinois Collieries Company in March 1904. Operated mines in southern Illinois. Debtor of Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: August 4, 1903, in Pa.; Demised: June 15, 1927; Predecessor: None; Successor: Bessemer Coal and Coke Corporation; Statistics: Owned coal land in Allegheny County; property sold to Inland Collieries Company in 1917.
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oversize 103
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 26, 1924, in W.Va.; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Planned to operate a mine supplies and building supplies business at Fairmont. No indication of any activity after organization.
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box 18
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: 1901, in Ohio; Demised: September 24, 1952; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Jointly owned by New York Central Railroad (52%) and M.A. Hanna Company (48%). Operated mines in Jefferson County, Ohio. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company acquired Hanna interest in 1949 and New York Central interest in 1952.
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box 18
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box 19
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 8, 1940, in W.Va.; Demised: January 28, 1941; Predecessor: None; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated coal mines and owned coal and timber lands in Letcher County, Ky.; subsidiary of Consolidation Coal Company.
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box 19
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: August 15, 1904, in La.; Demised: dissolved January 5, 1918; Predecessor: John F. Irvine & Son; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated coal shipping business at Bayou Sara, La.
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box 19
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 27, 1898, in Ill.; Demised: Passed out of Pittsburgh Coal Company family in May 1912; Predecessor: Adams Coal Company; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin; Statistics: Incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois as the Adams Coal Company. The name was formally changed to the Jones & Adams Company on February 14, 1900. Operated coal docks on Great Lakes. Also operated mines in southern Illinois, which were sold to the Illinois Collieries Company in 1904. Operations assumed by Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin on Aug. 1, 1906; stock sold by Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin to Island Creek Coal Dock Company, May 1912.
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box 19
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 1894 in Ky.; Demised: renamed June 10, 1913; Predecessor: Jos. Walton & Co.; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company (Kentucky); Statistics: Operated coal yards at Louisville. Acquired by Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company in October 1899. Renamed Pittsburgh Coal Company (Kentucky), January 8, 1943.
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box 19
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 9, 1910, in W.Va.; Demised: dissolved January 11, 1913; Predecessor: None; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated coal mines in Boyd, Pike and Letcher Counties, Ky.; sold to Consolidation Coal Company in November 1914.
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box 19
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 10, 1905, in Pa.; Demised: November 7, 1912; Predecessor: Lee & Hamilton, Incorporated; Successor: Saw Mill Run Coal and Supply Company; Statistics: Incorporated as Lee & Hamilton, Incorporated; renamed Lee and Hamilton Coal Company, March 29, 1905; operated coal yards in Allegheny County; jointly owned by Pittsburgh Coal Company and Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company; property sold to Saw Mill Run Coal and Supply Company, October 14, 1912.
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box 19
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 29, 1896, in Wisc.; Demised: No date provided; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated coal terminals at Superior, Wisc
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box 19
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 10, 1923, in Ky.; Demised: dissolved March 15, 1950; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Owned coal lands in Letcher County, Ky. Assets sold to Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company in 1948.
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box 20
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 1, 1930, in Ill.; Demised: dissolved March 1, 1948; Predecessor: M.H. Hussey & Co. (partnership); Successor: North Western-Hanna Fuel Company; Statistics: Incorporated as M.H. Hussey Coal Company. Renamed M.H. Hussey & Company, December 23, 1931. Operated coal, lumber and feed business at Lake Forest, Ill. Sold to North Western-Hanna Fuel Company in 1943.
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box 20
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 4, 1895, in Pa.; Demised: dissolved January 4, 1943; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1899.
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box 20
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 14, 1864, in Pa.; Demised: dissolved April 20, 1914; Predecessor: Mansfield Coal and Lime Company; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania; Statistics: Incorporated as the Mansfield Coal and Lime Company. Renamed Mansfield Coal & Coke Company in June 1872. Assets sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company in March 1904.
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box 20
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: 1903 in Md.; Demised: dissolved December 1927; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Built a system of mine drainage tunnels in the Cumberland Coal Fields, Allegany County, Md.
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box 20
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 28, 1901, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved September 18, 1930; Predecessors: Central Coal Company, Sonnhalter Coal Company, James Mullins Coal Company, Howells Mining Company, Howells Coal Company, Fox Lake Coal Company, Warwick Coal Company, Fox Mining Company, Massillon Mining Company, et al.; Successor: Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Mining Company; Statistics: Incorporated by D. R. Hanna interests for the purpose of consolidating smaller mining companies in Massillon Coal Field of northeastern Ohio. Sold all property and assets to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Mining Company in 1930.
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box 20
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box 21
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 28, 1898, in Mass.; Demised: Unknown. Sold out of Consolidation Coal Company family in 1940; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Owned waterfront coal terminals in Boston, Mass. Became subsidiary of Consolidation Coal Company in Nov. 1903. Common stock acquired by Pittston Company ca. 1930. Preferred stock sold in 1940.
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box 21
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 3, 1900, in Pa.; Demised: dissolved January 4, 1943; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Washington County, Pa. Assets sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1912.
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box 21
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 25, 1941, in Wisc.; Demised: Dissolved July 23, 1946; Predecessor: None; Successor: North Western-Hanna Fuel Company; Statistics: Acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1923. Operated coal docks on Great Lakes. Upon dissolution, transferred all property and assets to North Western-Hanna Fuel Company, owner of all outstanding shares of capital stock.
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box 21
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 14, 1921, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved December 31, 1932; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated bulk carriers on Great Lakes.
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box 22
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 21, 1900, in Pa.; Demised: dissolved November 22, 1950; Predecessor: None; Successor: None;
Statistics: Held real estate of Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company in states other than Pennsylvania.
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box 22
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 17, 1917, in W.Va.; Demised: dissolved May 8, 1933; Predecessor: None; Successors: Fairmont Supply Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Atlas Powder Company; Statistics: Manufactured explosives for coal mining; subsidiary of Consolidation Coal Company; assets were divided between Fairmont Supply Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and Atlas Powder Company.
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box 22
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 19, 1899, in Pa.; Demised: January 12, 1916, by merger; Predecessors: Over 90 small operators along Monongahela River; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company (Pennsylvania : 1916-1945); Statistics: Consolidation of over 90 small operators with total of over 40,000 acres of coal land. Through subsidiaries, maintained a fleet of towboats, barges, and coal yards along Ohio-Mississippi River system.
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box 22
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box 23
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: Unknown; Demised: dissolved November 16, 1942; Predecessor: None; Successor: Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Company; Statistics: Sold to Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Company in October 1899.
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box 23
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 16, 1949, in W.Va.; Demised: dissolved September 16, 1949; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated company store in Pursglove, W.Va.
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box 23
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 8, 1886, in W.Va.; Demised: dissolved May 23, 1910; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company; Statistics: Operated coal mines in Fairmont District; property sold to Fairmont Coal Company.
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box 23
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 15, 1899, in Pa.; Demised: June 1909; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad; controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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box 23
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 26, 1914, in Ill.; Demised: dissolved December 31, 1920 (Date of last meeting.); Predecessor: Illinois Collieries Company; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Macoupin County, Ill., acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company from receivers of Illinois Collieries Company. All property sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company in August 1914.
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oversize 104
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: February 17, 1903, in Pa.; Demised: stricken from record September 22, 1909; Statistics: Intended to operate telephone system in Pittsburgh Coal Company territory. Apparently inactive.
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oversize 104
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 12, 1935, in W.Va.; Demised: dissolved January 27, 1948; Statistics: Formed to build coal terminal at Granville, W.Va.; controlled by Pursglove Coal Mining Company and Arkwright Coal Company.
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box 23
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: February 25, 1870, in Pa.; Demised: dissolved October 22, 1903; Predecessor: None; Successor: Moshannon Coal & Coke Company; Statistics: Operated coal mines in the Clearfield District; property sold to Moshannon Coal & Coke Company, January 26, 1901.
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box 24
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 20, 1902, in W.Va.; Demised: April 5, 1904; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction Company; Statistics: Operated light and power plant, flour milling and general store business at Fairmont; property sold to Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction Company in 1903.
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box 24
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 23, 1901, in N.J.; Demised: dissolved July 28, 1905; Predecessor: Ohio Fuel Company; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Operated coal terminals at Cleveland, Ohio; property sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company, January 1, 1903.
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box 24
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 27, 1925, in Del.; Demised: ca. 1931; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Shell company intended to replace the New Pittsburgh Coal Company (Ohio); never active.
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box 24
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 17, 1886, in Ohio; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Owned 8,300 acres of coal lands in the Hocking and Pomeroy Districts of Ohio. Became subsidiary of Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1904. Absorbed Great Lakes Coal Mining Company, December 22, 1923. Property transferred to Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company, October 31, 1946.
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box 24
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box 25
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 9, 1871, in Pa.; Demised: dissolved January 4, 1943; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Incorporated by Carnegie interests. Operated mines southeast of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Coal Company acquired control in 1902. Coal operations transferred to Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1915.
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box 25
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: In Wisc. Date unknown; Demised: Unknown; Statistics: Incorporated for rail transportation of coal and coke.
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box 25
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 13, 1935, in N.Y.; Demised: Unknown; after November 22, 1963; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated coal terminal at Watertown, N.Y. and in St. Lawrence valley. Controlled by Hanna Fuels, Inc.
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box 25
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: 1905 in Wisc.; Demised: after 1946; Statistics: Operated short terminal railroad at Superior, Wisc. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin.
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box 26
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 28, 1901, in Wisc.; Demised: June 27, 1944; Predecessor: North Western Fuel Company (Minn.); Successor: North Western-Hanna Fuel Company; Statistics: Successor to a Minn. corporation of the same name, founded in 1871. Operated Great Lakes coal terminals and retail coal yards for Fairmont Coal Company and later Consolidation Coal Company. In October 1942, Consolidation and the M.A. Hanna Company formed a joint venture called North Western-Hanna Fuel Company, and each transferred their terminal properties to the new firm. Upon dissolution of North Western Fuel Company on June 27, 1944, all residual property and assets were transferred to Consolidation Coal Company.
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box 26
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: July 1, 1888, in KY; Demised: dissolved November 1915; Statistics: Operated coal yards in Louisville.
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oversize 105
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 20, 1901, in Wisc.; Demised: dissolved December 31, 1934; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin; Statistics: Operated coal terminals at Superior, Wisc. All assets conveyed to Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin in June 1906.
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box 26
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 20, 1882, in Ky; Demised: dissolved January 10, 1918; Predecessor: None; Successor: Madison Coal Corporation; Statistics: Incorporated as Ohio Valley Railroad and Mining Company. Renamed Ohio Valley Coal and Mining Company March 16, 1886 and sold railroad franchise to Ohio Valley Railway Company. Operated Shotwell Mine at DeKoven, Union County, Ky. Coal property sold to Madison Coal Corporation in September 1917, and river tipple and barges sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company (Ky.)
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box 26
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 28, 1910, in Pa; Demised: dissolved April 20, 1914; Predecessor: None; Successor: Saw Mill Run Coal & Supply Company; Statistics: Operated coal terminal at Ontario, Pa. Property sold to Saw Mill Run Coal & Supply Company
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box 26
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: August 24, 1940, in W.V; Demised: dissolved December 31, 1943; Predecessor: None; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Owned surface land in Harrison County, W.Va. purchased from Consolidation Coal Company. Property reconveyed to Consolidation Coal Company.
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box 26
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 9, 1891, in W.V; Demised: dissolved June 16, 1941; Predecessor: Newburgh Orrel Coal and Coke Company; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company; Statistics: Owned coal land in Marion County, W.Va. formerly owned and operated by Newburgh Orrel Coal and Coke Company. Property sold to Fairmont Coal Company in June 1901.
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box 26
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 5, 1904, in W.V; Demised: dissolved January 11, 1911; Predecessor: None; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Somerset County, Pa. Property sold to Consolidation Coal Company, January 11, 1911.
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box 26
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: January 13, 1905, in PA; Demised: dissolved January 27, 1930; Predecessor: None; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Coal land company with property in Somerset County, Pa. Subsidiary of Consolidation Coal Company. Property sold to R. Marsden Smith in January 1911.
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box 27
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: July 27, 1899, in W.V; Demised: dissolved April 1912; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Fairmont District. Property sold to Fairmont Coal Company.
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box 27
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: pre-1900, in PA; Demised: March 11, 1904 (Name change); Predecessors: New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, First Pool Monongahela Gas Coal Company, Mansfield Coal and Coke Company, etc.; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania; Statistics: Under agreement of January 12, 1904, the Pittsburgh Coal Company (N.J.) conveyed to the Pennsylvania Mining Company all the properties of the New York and Cleveland Coal Company, the First Pool Monongahela Gas Coal Company, the Mansfield Coal and Coke Company and all its other coal lands and railroads in Pennsylvania. Renamed Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania on March 11, 1904.
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box 27
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 12, 1917, in PA; Demised: dissolved December 11, 1946; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated company stores in Pa. and Ohio
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: August 19. 1910, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved October 31, 1946; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Owned 227 acres of coal land in eastern Kentucky. Property and assets sold to the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company on October 31, 1946.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 12, 1901, in Wisc.; Demised: dissolved December 31, 1934; Predecessor: Pioneer Fuel Company (Minn.); Successor: None; Statistics: Operated coal terminal at Duluth, Minn. Subsidiary of Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 18, 1871, in PA; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Railways Company; Statistics: Built railroad of 3'-4" narrow gauge from Pittsburgh to Castle Shannon with branch to coal mines. Opened November 1, 1871. Leased to Pittsburgh Railways system, September 1, 1905, and converted to trolley line.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: 1883 in PA; Demised: dissolved April 7, 1914; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pennsylvania Mining Company; Statistics: Incorporated by Pitcairn family. Purchased by Pittsburgh Coal Company and all property transferred to Pennsylvania Mining Company in October 1901.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 15, 1903, in PA; Demised: dissolved December 30, 1933; Successor: Cherry Valley Coal Mining Company; Statistics: Owned and mined 2,500 acres of coal land in Washington County, Pa. Organized by the Hanna interests. Assets sold to Cherry Valley Coal Mining Company in December 1933.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: February 2, 1903, in W.V; Demised: dissolved October 15, 1912; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Fairmont District. Acquired by Fairmont Coal Company July 27, 1904.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 18, 1909, in W.V; Demised: dissolved May 29, 1913; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated steamboat on Monongahela River.
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box 28
Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 23, 1904, in PA; Demised: dissolved June 11, 1914; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania; Statistics: Owned fleet of railroad coal cars. Subsidiary of Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: August 8, 1932, in DE; Demised: dissolved September 11, 1946; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Manufactured domestic heating smokeless fuel briquettes by distillation of coal. Sold under trade name "Disco." Joint venture with the Illingworth Carbonization Company, Limited of U.K. Held U.S. patents for Illingworth process of low-temperature carbonization of coal and a plant built by Pittsburgh Coal Company. Upon dissolution, property and assets transferred to Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 4, 1927, in N.Y.; Demised: dissolved December 6, 1946; Predecessor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated Buffalo sales agency for Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 27, 1905, in IL; Demised: dissolved December 31, 1920; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Acquired and operated Pittsburgh Coal Company's Chicago sales agency.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 31, 1923, in IL; Demised: dissolved December 4, 1942; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Acquired and operated Pittsburgh Coal Company's Chicago sales agency. Office closed in 1926.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 28, 1894, in KY; Demised: dissolved January 8, 1943; Predecessor: Jos. Walton & Company, Inc.; Successor: None; Statistics: Incorporated as Jos. Walton & Company, Inc. Operated coal yards in Louisville. Name changed to Pittsburgh Coal Company (Kentucky) on June 10, 1913.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: December 27, 1923, in Michigan; Demised: dissolved July 23, 1946; Predecessor: Soo-River Coal-Isle Company; Successor: North West-Hanna Fuel Company; Statistics: Acquired all assets of Pittsburgh Coal Company in Michigan, including Sault Ste. Marie sales agency. Operated coal docks at Sault Ste. Marie and Lime Island, Mich.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 15, 1905, in MN; Demised: dissolved November 28, 1934; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated Duluth sales agency. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: July 26, 1915, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved December 1, 1942; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Incorporated as Pittsburgh Coal Company (Ohio). Renamed Pittsburgh Coal Company of Ohio, Inc., July 5, 1924. Operated coal terminals at Cleveland, Fairport and Ashtabula, Ohio.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 23, 1889, in TN; Demised: dissolved June 28, 1922; Predecessor: None; Successor: None;
Statistics: Operated coal yards in Natchez and Memphis. Became subsidiary of Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 19, 1906, in TN; Demised: dissolved January 3, 1918; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company (Tennessee); Statistics: Operated coal yards in Memphis, Tenn. Property sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company (Tennessee), in April 1913.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 15, 1898, in W.V; Demised: dissolved December 6, 1946; Predecessor: C. Jutte & Co.; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated coal terminals in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 28, 1905, in Wisc.; Demised: August 1, 1946; Predecessor: Jones & Adams Co., etc.; Successor: North Western-Hanna Fuel Company; Statistics: Assumed the dock operations of Ohio Coal Co., Youghiogheny & Lehigh Coal Co., Pioneer Fuel Coal Co., Jones & Adams Co., Twin City Coal Yards Co. and Pittsburgh Coal Dock Co. Operated coal docks at Duluth and Superior.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 5, 1886, in PA; Demised: dissolved November 10, 1906; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Built coal tipple at Lashells Landing on Ohio River below Coropolis, which was leased to Imperial Coal Company. Property sold to Pennsylvania Mining Company in May 1901.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 2, 1904, in Wisc.; Demised: dissolved November 10, 1906; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin; Statistics: Operated coal terminals. Jointly owned by Youghiogheny and Lehigh Coal Company, Ohio Coal Company and Pioneer Fuel Company. Assets sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 13, 1908. in Minn.; Demised: dissolved 1936; Statistics: Operated coal dock at Duluth, Minn.; subsidiary of Pittsburgh Coal Company of W.Va.
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Abstract
Incorporated: July 27, 1915, in PA; Demised: dissolved January 4, 1943; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Buys and sells real estate in interest of Pittsburgh Coal Company..
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 7, 1923, in W.V; Demised: dissolved July 28, 1926; Predecessor: Cub Mountain Coal Company; Successor: Clover Splint Coal Company, Incorporated; Statistics: Owns coal lands in Martin and Pike Counties, Ky. and lands in Mingo County, W.Va. acquired from Cub Mountain Coal Company. Name changed from Pittsburgh Coal Land & Railroad Company Inc. to Clover Splint Coal Company, Inc. on July 28, 1926.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: ca. 1889, in PA; Demised: dissolved November 5, 1934; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Formed to enlarge and operate coal docks at Fairport, Ohio. Acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company, ca. 1904.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 9, 1897, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved January 2, 1919; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Operated coal terminal at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1904.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: May 21, 1920, in Ohio; Demised: June 22, 1949, by merger into Christopher Coal Company; Predecessor: None; Successor: Christopher Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Monongalia County, W.Va. Subsidiary of Pursglove Gas Coal Company of W.Va. (1933-1939). Became subsidiary of Consolidation Coal Company in July 1943.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 12, 1890, in Ky.; Demised: dissolved September 13, 1905; Predecessor: None; Successor: Queen City Coal Company (Ohio); Statistics: Operated coal terminal on Ohio River at Cincinnati. Became subsidiary of Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Company in 1899. Transferred all assets and property to the Queen City Coal Company, incorporated in Ohio.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 5, 1905, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved May 9, 1921; Predecessor: Queen City Coal Company (Kentucky); Successor: Queen City Coal Company (Maine); Statistics: Operated coal terminal at Cincinnati. Sold to subsidiary of the Island Creek Coal Company as of May 1921.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: April 19, 1921, in PA; Demised: Abandoned after 1930; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Owned and operated miners' recreation building built by Union Collieries Company at Renton.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 23, 1906, in PA; Demised: dissolved January 4, 1943; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Owns real estate at river coal terminals of Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Company as Louisville, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, etc.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 4, 1914, in PA; Demised: dissolved November 3, 1949; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Greene County, Pa. acquired from Henry Clay Frick.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: November 6, 1902, in PA; Demised: April 14, 1914; Predecessor: D. F. Clinton as individual; Successor: Youghiogheny Coal Company; Statistics: Operated coal and construction supplies business in Pittsburgh. Acquired by Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Company. Property and assets sold to the Youghiogheny Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: February 18, 1893, in Pa.; Demised: dissolved November 25, 1907; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania; Statistics: Incorporated as subsidiary of Westmoreland Coal Company. Renamed Shaner Coal Company December 18, 1894, under William Carpender. Sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company in April 1904.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: pre-1887 in Pa.; Demised: dissolved December 23, 1907; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania; Statistics: Operated mines in Westmoreland County, Pa. Sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pennsylvania in April 1904.
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Incorporated: April 1, 1899, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved May 18, 1903; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio for the purpose of receiving, storing, and dealing in wholesale and retail in coal, grain, flour, feed, lumber and other farm supplies. Also to own and operate coal mines. No sign of any activity. Acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1901.
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Incorporated: July 12, 1900, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved January 1901; Predecessor: None; Successor: Brier Hill Coal & Coke Company; Statistics: Operated mines on land leased from the Monongah Company. Acquired by Consolidation/Fairmont Coal Company interests in 1901. Land sold to Brier Hill Coal & Coke Company and Solon-Lowery Mining Company dissolved in January 1901.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: March 14, 1899, in Ohio; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio for the purpose of mining, buying and selling coal and coke and of owning and controlling cars for transporting said materials.
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Incorporated: January 12, 1901, in N.Y.; Demised: dissolved March 22, 1937; Predecessors: None; Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated coal mines in Somerset County, Pa. Acquired by Consolidation Coal Company in 1903. Last property sold to Consolidation Coal Company, November 22, 1935.
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Incorporated: December 4, 1908, in Wisc.; Demised: dissolved December 29, 1937; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Michigan; Statistics: Operated a coal terminal at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Principal assets sold to Pittsburgh Coal Company of Michigan in 1925. Upon dissolution, remaining assets were transferred to Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin.
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Incorporated: July 17, 1899, in W.Va.; Demised: 1908; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company.
Statistics: Operated coal mine at Berrysburg, Barbour County, W.Va. Acquired by Fairmont Coal Company in 1905. All assets sold to Fairmont Coal Company in March 1908.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: July 14, 1894, in Ohio; Demised: dissolved June 11, 1902; Predecessor: None; Successor: New Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines at Monday, Ohio. Property sold to New Pittsburgh Coal Company in 1900.
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Incorporated: December 27, 1926, in DE; Demised: April 30, 1962, by merger; Predecessor: Truax Coal Company (Minn.); Successor: Consolidation Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Illinois and North Dakota.
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Incorporated: January 17, 1930, in DE; Demised: December 31, 1936, by merger; Predecessor: None; Successor: Truax-Traer Coal Company; Statistics: Incorporated as Truax-Traer Coal Company of Canada, a U.S. holding company for the Truax-Traer Lignite Coal Company, Limited (Canada), which operated mines at Estevan, Saskatchewan. Renamed Truax-Traer Lignite Coal Co. in July 1931, upon purchase of Northern Lignite Coal Company. Merged into Truax-Traer Coal Company, December 31, 1936
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 7, 1926, in DE; Demised: dissolved November 28, 1936; Predecessor: None; Successor: Truax-Traer Lignite Coal Co.; Statistics: Incorporated as Northern Lignite Coal Company. Operated mines in North Dakota. Renamed Truax-Traer Lignite Coal Company, Incorporated on July 25, 1931, upon acquisition by holding company Truax-Traer Lignite Coal Co.
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Incorporated: July 18, 1881, in PA; Demised: dissolved May 1914; Predecessor: None; Successor: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company; Statistics: Incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating a railroad for public use. Sold to the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company in May 1914.
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Incorporated: pre-1906, in Minn.; Demised: dissolved December 15, 1906; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin; Statistics: Operated coal yards in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin in June 1906.
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Incorporated: March 20, 1916, in Pa.; Demised: Unknown; Statistics: Operated mines in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties. Acquired by M.A. Hanna Company in 1930. Control vested in Bessemer Coal & Coke Company in 1943. Certain operating properties, including Renton mines sold to Consolidation Coal Company on May 1, 1944.
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Incorporated: February 6, 1902, in Ohio; Successor: Unknown; Statistics: Operated mines in Jefferson County, Ohio. Acquired by M.A. Hanna Company in December 1942.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: June 2, 1922, in DE; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: Charles P. Luck as individual; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: All assets transferred to Pittsburgh Coal Company, March 30, 1935.
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Incorporated: November 1, 1912 in W.V; Demised: Unknown; Statistics: Operated quarries in Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Va.
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Incorporated: December 23, 1899, in W.V; Demised: Unknown; Predecessor: None; Successor: Brier Hill Coal and Coke Company; Statistics: Operated mines at Monongah, W.Va.. Assets sold to Brier Hill Coal and Coke Company in November 1900.
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Incorporated: December 24, 1896, in Ohio; Demised: Unknown; Statistics: No activities recorded. Charter acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company and stricken from Pennsylvania records for lack of activity on October 24, 1903.
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Incorporated: May 15, 1895, in PA; Demised: stricken from record October 21, 1903; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Pennsylvania. Acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Company ca. 1899. Charter stricken from record October 21, 1903.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: October 1895 in W.V; Demised: charter surrendered February 22, 1901; Statistics: To have operated company store in Fairmont District. Never active. Charter surrendered February 22, 1901
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: August 22, 1890, in W.V; Demised: dissolved May 23, 1910; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Fairmont District. Assets sold to Fairmont Coal Company in 1901.
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Incorporated: November 3, 1898, in W.V; Demised: dissolved November 27, 1901; Predecessor: None; Successor: Fairmont Coal Company; Statistics: Operated mines in Harrison County, W.Va.. Upon dissolution, all assets and property were transferred to the Fairmont Coal Company.
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Incorporated: December 5, 1914; Demised: Charter allowed to lapse; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for unbuilt railroad between Fairmont and Grangeville.
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Incorporated: June 15, 1900, in Ohio; Demised: December 14, 1931, by change of name; Predecessor: None; Successor: Hanna Coal Company (1931-1946); Statistics: Operated mines in southeastern Ohio and a coal business at Cleveland. Controlled by Hanna interests. Renamed Hanna Coal Company, December 14, 1931.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: February 5, 1883, in PA; Demised: dissolved April 20, 1914; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for railroad from Buena Vista to Elizabeth in Allegheny County, Pa. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company ca. 1908.
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Incorporated: June 20, 1892, in Wisc; Demised: dissolved December 16, 1909; Predecessor: None; Successor: Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin; Statistics: Coal sales company operating in Wisconsin and Minnesota. All assets transferred to the Pittsburgh Coal Company of Wisconsin on June 16, 1906, except for one unsettled account, maintained until formal dissolution of the company in 1909.
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Scope and Content Notes
Incorporated: September 18, 1893, in PA; Demised: dissolved September 26, 1918; Predecessor: None; Successor: None; Statistics: Charter for railroad between Banning and Wick Haven, one mile, in Fayette County, Pa. Controlled by Pittsburgh Coal Company ca. 1901.
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Incorporated: October 19, 1910, in PA; Demised: February 22, 1937, by change of name; Predecessor: None; Successor: Champion Coal Company; Statistics: Coal sales company. Name was changed from Youghiogheny Coal Company to Champion Coal Company through an amendment to the articles of incorporation on February 22, 1937. Subsidiary of Pittsburgh Coal Company.
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Scope and Content Notes
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Scope and Content Notes
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