A&M 4203Coal Mining Disaster Reports Collection, 1938-1977 A&M 4203Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

2016/08/23

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:46:00 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Coal Mining Disaster Reports Collection A&M 4203 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/3696 1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 document case, 5 in.) 1938-1977 Mine disaster reports, official hearing reports, and hearing and inquest transcripts (1938-1967). Most of the mine disaster reports were created by inspectors from the West Virginia Department of Mines, and some of them involved federal inspectors. Other reports were created by the United States Bureau of Mines and the West Virginia Department of Mines Coal Mine Safety Board of Review. Also includes volumes 3 through 8 of the Decisions of the Interior Board of Mine Operations Appeals (1974-1977). The mine disaster reports and associated materials pertain to the following mining companies, with counties where the disaster occurred in parentheses: American Rolling Mill Company (Boone County), Amigo Smokeless Coal Company (Wyoming County), Boone County Coal Corporation, Christopher Coal Company (Monongalia County), Davis Coal and Coke Company (Tucker County), Hatfield-Campbell Creek Coal Company (Kanawha County), Hitchman Coal and Coke Company (Marshall County), Island Creek Coal Company (McDowell County), Katherine Coal Company (Harrison County), Koppers Coal Company (McDowell County), MacAlpin Coal Company (Raleigh County), C.H. Meade Coal Company (Raleigh County), Meadows Coal Company (Raleigh County), New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company (McDowell County), Oglebay Norton Company (Nicholas County), Page Coal and Coke Company (McDowell County), Parsons Coal Company (Preston County), Pemberton Coal and Coke Company (Raleigh County), Pocahontas Fuel Company (a division of Consolidation Coal Company, McDowell County, near Tazewell County, Virginia), Pursglove Coal Mining Company (Monongalia County), Raleigh Coal and Coke Company (Raleigh County), and Red Jacket Coal Corporation (Wyoming County). West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Boone County (W. Va.) Wyoming County (W. Va.) Monongalia County (W. Va.) Tucker County (W. Va.) Kanawha County (W. Va.) Marshall County (W. Va.) McDowell County (W. Va.) Harrison County (W. Va.) Raleigh County (W. Va.) Nicholas County (W. Va.) Preston County (W. Va.) Coal mining - disasters. Coal mining - Safety. Mine explosions West Virginia. Department of Mines United States. Bureau of Mines United States. Department of the Interior United States. Board of Mine Operations Appeals C.H. Mead Coal Company Consolidation Coal Company Island Creek Coal Company Davis Coal and Coke Company Pocahontas Fuel Company