Charles E. Krebs (1870-1954) Papers, 1912, 1935, 1939 A&M 1792

Charles E. Krebs (1870-1954) Papers, 1912, 1935, 1939 A&M 1792


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1792
Title
Charles E. Krebs (1870-1954) Papers 1912, 1935, 1939
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198650
Quantity
2.5 Linear Feet, 2 ft. 6 in. (12 wrapped ledgers, 27 in.); (31 oversize folders, 3 in.); 1 reel of microfilm
Creator
Krebs, Charles E. (1870-1954)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Scrapbooks, mainly of newspaper clippings, maintained by a mining engineer, geologist, and businessman from Charleston. The scrapbooks contain clippings, announcements, and a few letters relating to Krebs' business, Charleston civic affairs, and professional engineering organizations. Topics covered include: the oil boom at Blue Creek in 1912; oil field development in Kanawha and Clay counties; oil and coal shipments on the C.&O.; coal, oil, gas, and coke production figures; report on the coal strike of 1922; surveys of West Virginia's coal, oil, and gas resources; machinery used in coal production; disputed land claims of the Colonial Timber and Coal Corporation, 1923; the New River Coal field; drainage areas and water power in West Virginia; Hinton Dam; Pennsylvania bituminous districts; rate hearings of the United Fuel Gas Company; early coal and gas operations in West Virginia; Norfolk and Western Railway affairs; silicosis cases resulting from the Hawks Nest tunnel construction, 1933; and bituminous coal prices in West Virginia and the U.S., 1906-1925.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charles E. Krebs (1870-1954) Papers, A&M 1792, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


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