<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196338">A&amp;M 3820</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>John W. Mason (1842-1917), Consolidation Coal Company Properties Book, 1907 <num>A&amp;M 3820</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2012/01/12</date></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-06-18 13:23:48 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>John W. Mason (1842-1917), Consolidation Coal Company Properties Book</unittitle>
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    <abstract id="aspace_f343d669b29eed7793c1eaffed29f211">Book entitled "Properties Owned and Controlled by the Consolidation Coal Company: West Virginia Properties Inspected by the Directors and their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907." The first two pages show the schedule of activities for Thursday, August 1 through Saturday, August 3, 1907. Includes information on the number of mines, production, acreage, house ownership, and employment numbers for Consolidation Coal Company, Fairmont Coal Company, Clarksburg Fuel Company, Pittsburgh and Fairmont Fuel Company, Southern Coal and Transportation Company, and Somerset Coal Company. This is followed by 52 plates showing photographs of various mine and coaling stations belonging to those six companies. Plates include details of capacity, type of mining (electric, compressed air), and haulage (electric, rope, mule). Also includes three folded maps of mining company properties and operations that have been separated to the map collection.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John W. Mason (1842-1917), Consolidation Coal Company Properties Book, A&amp;M 3820, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>37, 1888, 3820</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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<p>Three maps to the map collection:</p><p>title: The Georges Creek Region -- Showing Location of Mine Operations of The Consolidation Coal Company and Others</p><p>description: Shows towns, railroads, ridges, rivers, and mining sites in a region demarcated by the towns and cities of Keyser, Piedmont, Frostburg, and Cumberland.</p><p>date: 1907</p><p>title: Map of Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA) -- Showing Location of Mines in Operation</p><p>description: Shows towns, railroads, rivers, and mining sites within Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA). Identifies sites of Fairmont Coal Company [?] mines as well as those of other operations.</p><p>date: 1907</p><p>title: Map of Properties of The Consolidation Coal Company, Fairmont Coal Company, Clarksburg Fuel Company, Somerset Coal Company, Pittsburgh and Fairmont Fuel Company, [and] Southern Coal and Transportation Company</p><p>description: Shows operations in region of West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and western Maryland, including state and county boundaries, towns, railroads, rivers, and mining sites.</p><p>date: 1906</p>  </separatedmaterial>
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    <subject source="ingest">Coal mining - coal companies.</subject>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Clarksburg Fuel Company</corpname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83210711" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Consolidation Coal Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Fairmont Coal Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Pittsburgh &amp; Fairmont Fuel Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Somerset Coal Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Southern Coal &amp; Transportation Company</corpname>
    <persname source="ingest">Mason, John W.</persname>
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