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Lehigh Coal Mine Company records

 Collection
Accession: 0131
Abstract:

Lehigh Coal Mine Company was an unincorporated joint-stock company, established in 1792, with the intention of developing a deposit of anthracite coal discovered by Jacob Weiss (1750-1839) and others at what is now Summit Hill in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The collection consists of documents relating to land ownership and governance of Lehigh Coal Mine Company.

Dates: 1792-1829

Penn Virginia Corporation records

 Collection
Accession: 1764
Abstract:

Penn Virginia Corporation was an oil and gas company, incorporated as the Virginia Coal & Iron Company on January 6, 1882. It was one of many firms established by a group of interrelated entrepreneurs headed by John Leisenring (1819-1884), a Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, civil and mining engineer. The name changed to Penn Virigina Corporation in 1967. The records of Penn Virginia Corporation cover the development and operations of the Virginia Coal & Iron Company, a large southern Appalachian land company, with some information on its immediate neighbors and local support facilities.

Dates: 1864-1981

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Anthracite coal industry 1
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Ayers, Rufus A. (Rufus Adolphus), 1849-1926 1
Blackwood Coal and Coke Company 1
Boone County Coal Corporation 1
Cist, Charles, 1738-1805 1
Clinchfield Coal Corporation 1