A&M 4389Davis Coal and Coke, Coal Mining and Railroad Company, Records A&M 4389West Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-24 18:02:05 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Davis Coal and Coke, Coal Mining and Railroad Company, Records Davis Coal and Coke Company A&M 4389 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/6482 19.8 Linear Feet 19 ft. 10 in. (13 record cartons, 15 in. each); (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 index card boxes, 12 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (6 ledgers, 1 ft. 2 1/4 in.); (4 map cabinet drawers, 7 in.) 1890-1980 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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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Davis Coal and Coke, Coal Mining and Railroad Company, Records, A&M 4389, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

 Scope and Contents

Records of the Davis Coal and Coke Company, a corporation created in the 1880s by Henry Gassaway Davis that was located in Thomas, West Virginia (WV). This collection is minimally processed.

The company was named after both the founder and the Coal and Coke Railroad that it primarily used. Later in the company's life it purchased lands and established its own mines. The company was finally dissolved in 1950. The collection includes administrative correspondence, reports, financial records, employee records, and other material.

Correspondence regards topics such as employee wages, company sales negotiations, etc. Reports include annual reports, log cut statistics, accident reports, termination files, and insurance records, among others. Also includes correspondence to and from Davis Coal and Coke on topics such as miner wages and sale negotiations; there are also log cut statistical summaries, coal tonnage reports, tax information, and many blueprints and maps of equipment, mines, and purchased properties.

Since Henry Davis had conglomerate corporate interests, these other interests continued on after the closure of the Coal and Coke Company in 1950. This very likely explains the presence of the timber (or lumber) company records that can be found with the coal and coke records in this collection.

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 Coal companies - West Virginia. Railroads -- West Virginia Davis Coal and Coke Company Company by-laws, geological statistics, lands (Gauley), reports (coal, lumber), deeds (includes Gauley lands), correspondence, and other materialsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150496ca. 1910s-19801ACoal company recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1504971906, ca. 1940s, undated, 19211BDeed book of properties acquired by R. L. TelfordArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1504981906Folder with correspondence and financial reports for New Gauley Coal Co. and other companiesArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150499ca. 1940sDavis Coal and Coke area calculation ledgerArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150500undatedDeed for The Gauley Company and West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad Company to New Gauley Coal CorporationArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505011921Log cut statistical summaries and correspondenceArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150508ca. 1970s2Log cut statistical summaries and lumber related correspondenceArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150509ca. 1970s3Coal tonnage summaries from deep mining and strip mining, and log cut statistical summariesArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505101960s-1970s4AMonongahela National Forest land management plansArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150511ca. 1970s4BCoal company annual reports, deeds, financial records, and other materialsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150512ca. 1960s-1970s5Coal company annual reports, Mid Allegheny Corporation bank statementsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150513ca. 1970s6Royalty reports and coal company annual reports, Brockerhoff lease (1974)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150514ca. 1960s-1970s7Annual reports, correspondence, geological statistics, royalty reports, and lease papers, among other materialsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150515ca. 1940s-1970s8Maps, tax return information, inventory lists, surveyor's field books (1937)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505161937, ca. 1950s-1960s 9Hinchcliff Lumber Company lumber summariesArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150517197010Davis Coal and Coke (DC and C) -- financial account journalArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150518195111DC and C -- time sheetsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505191930-193111DC and C -- time sheetsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505201946, 194712DC and C -- time sheetsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150521194613DC and C -- time sheetsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150522194614Index cards titled "Notice of Termination of Employment" or "Notice of Employment." Includes information such as the mine number, check number, employee name, address, termination date, reason for leaving, etc.Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505231919-192315Index cards titled "Notice of Termination of Employment" or "Notice of Employment." Includes information such as the mine number, check number, employee name, address, termination date, reason for leaving, etc.Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505241919-192316Correspondence regarding miners' earnings, meeting arrangements, and sale negotiations. Also includes electricity bills and small operator's manual pamphletsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505251918-197217Sheets of employee data including the check number, name, hours worked, hours available, work accomplished, and earnings of each employeeArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150526193718Accident record ledgerArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505271898-191718Ledger 1, Relief association recordsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150533ca. 1916-1930unboxedLedger 2, Payroll recordsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505361944, 1945unboxedLedger 3, Check and voucher recordsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505371950sunboxedLedger 4, Chemical department recordsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150538ca. 1910s-1930sunboxedLedger 5, Health and accident insurance recordsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505391950sunboxedLedger 6, Check and voucher recordsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1505401950sunboxedOversize drawings and maps (most are for industrial facilities in PA, some for WV, and a few for Virginia and Texas; a lot of the drawings are for mining equipment, and some of them document railroad lines and other features; there are also many topographical and coal mine maps, some of these for locations in central West Virginia; the contents of the folder in drawer 15 were found grouped together)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150546ca. 1910-1939Map Cabinet 10, Drawer 12Oversize drawings and maps (most are for industrial facilities in PA, some for WV, and a few for Virginia and Texas; a lot of the drawings are for mining equipment, and some of them document railroad lines and other features; there are also many topographical and coal mine maps, some of these for locations in central West Virginia; the contents of the folder in drawer 15 were found grouped together)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150547ca. 1910-1939Map Cabinet 10, Drawer 13Oversize drawings and maps (most are for industrial facilities in PA, some for WV, and a few for Virginia and Texas; a lot of the drawings are for mining equipment, and some of them document railroad lines and other features; there are also many topographical and coal mine maps, some of these for locations in central West Virginia; the contents of the folder in drawer 15 were found grouped together)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150548ca. 1910-1939Map Cabinet 10, Drawer 14Oversize drawings and maps (most are for industrial facilities in PA, some for WV, and a few for Virginia and Texas; a lot of the drawings are for mining equipment, and some of them document railroad lines and other features; there are also many topographical and coal mine maps, some of these for locations in central West Virginia; the contents of the folder in drawer 15 were found grouped together)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150549ca. 1910-1939Map Cabinet 10, Drawer 15Oversize drawings and maps (most are for industrial facilities in PA, some for WV, and a few for Virginia and Texas; a lot of the drawings are for mining equipment, and some of them document railroad lines and other features; there are also many topographical and coal mine maps, some of these for locations in central West Virginia; the contents of the folder in drawer 15 were found grouped together)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/150550ca. 1910-1939Map Cabinet 10, Drawer 16