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• W. M. Ritter Lumber Company

  … , the company acquired the Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coke Company with stores and mines … company stores were sold in 1957 and the coal reserves were leased to the "Island Creek Coal Company":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/914 in …

• William M. Ritter

  … Baruch. In addition to his lumber interests, Ritter owned and operated coal companies and railroads in Virginia and West Virginia, including the Red Jacket Coal Company near Matewan in Mingo County. In 1907, the W. …

• Cecil Roberts

  Labor leader Cecil Edward Roberts Jr. was born October 31, 1946, in Cabin Creek, Kanawha County. A sixth-generation coal miner and a fiery orator, Roberts has served as president of the "United Mine Workers of America":http://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• Jay Rockefeller

  … , rampaging floods, and a 111-day coal strike during his administration. On his … the location of a $500 million coal liquefaction demonstration plant in Morgantown. … health insurance through a levy on coal production. Rockefeller continued to advocate …

• Allegheny Mountains

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/38 above 2,500 feet elevation and of northern hardwoods, between 2,000 and 2,500 feet, and "coal mining":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 fueled a boom economy. Elkins (1,920 feet), Kingwood (1,863 feet), …

• Allegheny Plateau

  … /2029 of central hardwoods. Another resource is coal, first reported in 1742 on the "Coal River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1365 in present … /1972 in the 19th century made the coal accessible, and mining, with its coal towns, …

• Scotts Run

  … 2155 in the coalfields. During the coal boom sparked by "World … of the most intensely developed coal districts in the state. In … -1920s, between 36 and 42 coal mines shipped more than two … -Americans. When the demand for coal subsided in the mid-1920s …

• Walter Allen

  Walter Allen, a coal miner from Dry Branch, Kanawha County, was the only person to be convicted of treason in the trials following the famous "Miners’ March":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1825 in August–September, 1921. The armed miners, …

• Scrip

  … Ingle-Schierloh Company of Dayton, Ohio. Coal companies received significant advantages in using … use of scrip by independent stores. Coal companies continued to use scrip as … in the state prior to 1917. Coal operators maintained that scrip ‘‘educated …

• American Electric Power

  … AEP’s largest generating facility—the giant coal-fired John E. Amos Plant, located … 14,000 tons of West Virginia "coal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … peak seasons. The company has two other coal-fired generating stations in West Virginia: …

• Appalachian Basin

  … sandstone, siltstone, shale, limestone, and "coal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … United States with oil, gas, and coal deposits, including the high-quality coals … Basin produces natural gas, oil, and coal. In 2023, West Virginia was the …

• Appalachian Orogeny

  … this event is two-fold. The thick Pennsylvanian Era sediments of West Virginia, including most of the commercial "coal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1334 beds, were deposited along the ancient coastal plain that flanked the highlands …

• Appalachian Power Company

  … to supply electricity to the burgeoning coal country of southern West Virginia. … .org/articles/1563. Construction of other coal-fired power plants followed. Originally founded … process by using West Virginia "coal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Appalachian Regional Hospitals

  Following the 1946 national coal strike, the "United Mine Workers (UMW) of America":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/835 established a "Welfare and Retirement Fund":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1818 to meet the medical …

• Appalachian Wage Agreement

  … and Kentucky. Wage cuts and declining coal prices left the industry in disarray … hoped to stabilize the American "coal industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … national labor agreement for the American coal industry, which finally occurred in 1950 …

• John W. M. Appleton

  … Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. In 1865, Appleton moved to Kanawha County where he managed the Mill Creek "Cannel Coal":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/918 Company. During the next 50 years, he had a variety of business …

• Architects and Architecture

  … Building remains standing there, but his ‘‘Coal Column,’’ an obelisk constructed of … /articles/1143, became headquarters for many coal companies with the development of … amenities far beyond basic requirements. Many coal-company owners lived outside the …

• Harrison County

  … Report noted the county’s rich "coal":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1334 … in the state in total tons of coal produced. Gushers sent "petroleum": … to Harrison County company towns to mine coal and, with native migrants from the …

• Morris Harvey

  … 1821-April 5, 1908) helped transform Fayette County into a leading coal producer. He was born near Prosperity in Raleigh County, and grew … , Harvey leased or sold his lands to rail or coal companies; the coal town named Harvey became part of the holdings of …

• Henry D. Hatfield

  … in the southern coalfields, becoming a "coal-camp physician":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1376 for the Pocahontas Coal Company in McDowell County. Appalled by the lack of medical facilities in the coal camps, he, along with State Sen. …

• Sid Hatfield

  … the controversial police chief of Matewan and martyred hero to union coal miners. He was born near Matewan but on the Kentucky … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/789. He worked in area coal mines until Mayor C. C. Testerman named him Matewan’s …

• Sewell Mountain

  … most important in landform development, but coal is the mineral of economic … /articles/1637 at the now defunct coal and coke town of Sewell. … currency. Mining in the Sewell coal seam began in the 1870s … name was later given to a coal seam and a company town, …

• Arthurdale

  … . The Arthurdale story began when First Lady "Eleanor Roosevelt":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/129 traveled to coal camps in northern West Virginia in August 1933. At "Scotts Run":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/204 …

• Harrison Ash

  … in 1873 had brought big changes, and the local "coal industry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1349 was booming. … -made for the challenge of law enforcement in the rough coal and railroad towns. Formerly a railroad detective and an agent …

• Auger Mining

  … relatively low cost method of coal mining and is practical in … the overburden (material covering the coal seam) is too thick to … removed economically or where the coal seam is too thin for … augers drill the last available coal from the highwall. A relatively …