17.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 17 ft. 3 in. (107 ledgers, 17 ft. 3 in.)
Creator
Winding Gulf Coals, Inc.
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
The collection consists of ledgers, journals, and cashbooks of the Goodwill Coal and Coke Co., Greenbrier Coal and Coke Co.,
Gulf Coal Co., Louisville Coal and Coke Co., Winding Gulf Coal and Coke Co., and the Winding Gulf Colliery Co., with some
material on the operation of company stores. There is also correspondence (1911-1915) between the managers of mines at Winding
Gulf and Davy, West Virginia, discussing production levels, availability of railroad cars and freight rates, New River and
Pocahontas Operators Organization, operating difficulties, labor shortages and working conditions, the Mabscott mine strike
and German "socialists" at Mabscott, the Bottom Creek explosion at Vivian, the UMWA and a 1915 agreement, and the good roads
movement in Raleigh County in 1915.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Winding Gulf Coals, Inc. Records, A&M 1525, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.