0.01 Linear Feet, Summary: 1/4 in. (23 pages in 1 folder)
Creator
E.M. Merrill Engineering Company
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
Photocopy of a typescript entitled "Progress Report Number 1; On Property of Wyoming Pocahontas Coal & Coke Company, Raleigh
& Wyoming Counties, West Virginia", dated October 1922. Prepared by E.M. Merrill Engineering Company of Beckley, West Virginia,
the report regards more than 56,000 acres owned by the Company. It includes descriptions of the qualitative and quantitative
aspects of the company's coal fields; leases for timber, gas, and oil; taxation; and location of coal veins. It also includes
financial information regarding coal, farm, and company store sales. There are photographs of company housing (including one
photo of a "colored town" house) and industrial facilities along the Virginian and Western Railroad in Raleigh and Wyoming
counties.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], E.M. Merrill Engineering Company, Report Regarding Property of Wyoming
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company, A&M 3656, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries,
Morgantown, West Virginia.
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