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1,714 Shares of Pocahontas Fuel Company Inc. - 1921 dated Stock Certificate - Hi For Sale
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1,714 Shares of Pocahontas Fuel Company Inc. - 1921 dated Stock Certificate - Hi:
$125.00
1,714 shares Stock printed by American Bank Note Company. Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated West Virginia\'s southern coal fields were not opened until about 1870, though they were known to exist much earlier. One of the major southern coal fields was the Flat Top-Pocahontas Field, located primarily in Mercer and McDowell counties. The Flat Top Field first shipped coal in 1883 and grew quickly from that time. Operations were consolidated into large companies, and Pocahontas Fuel Company, organized in 1907, soon dominated the other companies in McDowell County. Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company From April 1st, 1911, the fuel needs of the Isthmian Canal Commission and the Panama Railroad were largely supplied under contract with the original Pocahontas coal produced by the Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company, Incorporated, and from a few other coal mining operators in the Pocahontas and New River fields of Virginia and West Virginia. The Pocahontas Fuel Company Store was a historic company store building located at Switchback, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was designed by architect Alex B. Mahood, and built in 1917. It was a two-story brick building with a one-story wing that housed the business office. It had a flat roof, sat on a high stone foundation, and featured Neoclassical detailing. It had a brick cornice with a concrete parapet and a concrete entablature with dentils. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Read more at Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
1,714 Shares of Pocahontas Fuel Company Inc. - 1921 dated Stock Certificate - Hi $125.00
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