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Western Pocahontas Coal & Lumber Co. Stock Certificate (C&O)-1903
Western Pocahontas Coal & Lumber Co. Stock Certificate (C&O)-1903

Western Pocahontas Coal & Lumber Co. Stock Certificate (C&O)-1903

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    Description

    Western Pocahontas Coal and Lumber Co.
    (Holder of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
    Company’ Coal and Timber Lands)
    Western Pocahontas Coal and Lumber Company
    , Stock Certificate
    No.45, issued
    June 3, 1903
    to Charles Morgan for 100 shares. Ornate gray border
    with Vignette of an Eagle in top center of certificate with Capitol Dome in background. Embossed corporate seal indicating the Company was incorporated in West Virginia in 1902.
    Document is
    in very fine condition.
    Western Pocahontas Coal and Lumber Company, dissolved in 1906
    later became Western Pocahontas Fuel Corporation and ultimately,
    Western Pocahontas Corporation, the coal and timber property holding
    company of The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
    .
    At one time,
    WPC holdings when combined with holdings of the C & O and affiliates,
    made them corporately the largest private land holder in West Virginia.
    The Company was sold in 1988 to Quintana Minerals of Texas for approximately One Hundred Million Dollars.