A&M 1792Charles E. Krebs (1870-1954) Papers, 1912, 1935, 1939 A&M 1792Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:49:19 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Charles E. Krebs (1870-1954) Papers Krebs, Charles E. (1870-1954) A&M 1792 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5361 2.65 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 7 3/4 in. (12 wrapped ledgers, 27 in.); (31 oversize folders, 3 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.) 1912, 1935, 1939 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. 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: West Virginia & Regional History Center English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Blue Creek (W. Va.) Charleston. Clay County (W. Va.) Hawks Nest Tunnel (W. Va.) Hinton Dam. Kanawha County (W. Va.) Morgantown (W. Va.) New River Gorge (W. Va.) Pennsylvania Coal mining - coal companies. Coal mining - Mechanization. Coal mining -- Strikes Engineering Gas industry Petroleum industry and trade Poetry. Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. Transportation Colonial Timber and Coal Corporation United Fuel Gas Company. Krebs, C. E. (Charles E.) Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962