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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Southwest Virginia Improvement Company Records, Ms1990-030, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Southwest Virginia Improvement Company Records were purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in July 1990.

Processing Information

The processing and description of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company Records commenced and was completed in September, 2022.

Administrative History

The Southwest Virginia Improvement Company was founded in 1880 to develop mining operations in the Pocahontas coalfields of Virginia's Tazewell County and West Virginia's Mercer and McDowell counties. It reorganized in 1901 as the Pocahontas Colleries Company. It then merged with the Pochahontas Consolidated Company in 1907 to form the Pocahontas Consolidated Colleries Company. Its name changed to the Pocahontas Fuel Company in 1917. In 1956, the Consolidation Coal Company acquired Pocahontas Fuel; Consolidation Coal was renamed Consol Energy in 1991.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single notebook containing notes from meetings of the incorporators of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company. The meetings were held at New River Depot, Virginia, in October and November, 1880. The notes document approval of the act (not included here) that incorporated the company, the appointment of officers (Jas. E. Eskridge, chair; G. C. Wharton, secretary), the opening of books for subscription of stock, and the resignation of officers.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Coal mines and mining
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).