Buckeye Mine image miscaption corrected in Coal Page note
The 1887 photo of two white mules pulling a mine car was miscaptioned as taken at Pocahontas and correctly identified at the Buckeye Mine in Freeman Mercer County by Allen A. Pack president of Cannelton Industries. Pack, a coal industry leader, notes his father worked with Buckeye and he was elected chairman of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. The item also covers UMW strike restrictions at PG and H Coal Co and a public hearing June 18 on Hydro Quebec line in Saint Jean Quebec. Other items note UMW organizing wins in Pennsylvania and Kentucky Tennessee, a prominent coal executive A Russell Black's death, a Thermo Electron-Messer Hill JV power plant in New Hampshire, new roles at Reliance Electric and Joy Manufacturing, and a 1985 Bluefield Coal Show with 30 new exhibitors and a June 18 13 11-12-13 show. A WV Tech subsidence workshop in Charleston June 18-19 led by Dr Jones and Dr Kohli costs 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby
Pocahontas
Buckeye
Buckeye Coal and Coke Co
Freeman
Mercer County
Allen A. Pack
Bramwell
Cannelton Industries Inc
Charleston
Pack
Jim Nowlin
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
UMW
Kentucky-Tennessee
Mac
Reading Supply Co
National Labor Relations Board
Kentucky
Brownies Creek
NLRB
Standard Oil
A. Russell Black
Tazewell
Sovereign Pocahontas Coal Co
Bluefield
W.W. Walker
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Cleveland
Black
Wolf Creek
Monroe County
Sovereign
Arlington
Gilliam
Glen Alum
Harman
Feds Creek
Delray Beach
Fla
Elizabeth Steel
Armory Civic Center
Charlie Peters
Tom Delesio
Chamber of Commerce
Division of Mining
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Heart of Town Holiday Inn
Tom Jones
Kewal Kohli
West Virginia Tech
Tech
Alaska Set For Coal Rush Amid Major Industry Moves
Alaska prepares for a coal boom as companies and buyers position for vast reserves and deep water ports. Usibelli Coal Co. of Healy eyes expanded output for a 800000 ton per year Korea Electric Power Corp. deal, while Diamond Alaska Coal Co. and Electric Power Development Corp. explore Japanese partnerships. Rocky Mountain Energy won tracts for development, and a $410 million coal powered plant near Wishbone Hill is contemplated. The region holds an estimated 160 billion identified tons and 5.5 trillion speculative tons. Coal moves from Healy to Seward via the Alaska Railroad for export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Pacific Rim
Alaska
Usibelli Coal Co
Healy
Fairbanks
Korea Electric Power Corp
Usibelli
Diamond Shamrock Corp
Diamond Alaska Coal Co
Japan
Electric Power Development Corp
Beluga Coalfields
Rocky Mountain Energy Co
Matanuska Electric Association
Wishbone Hill
Sutton
Chugach Alaska Corp
Bering River
Cordova
Kenai Peninsula
Homer
Division of Mining
Korea
Seward
Resurrection Bay
Retired N and W official Al Noell dies at 81 in Roanoke
William Alfred Noell a longtime Norfolk and Western Railway official died at his Roanoke home aged 81 after a 50 year career. A Virginia Tech graduate and Roanoke native he served as personnel vice president and led contract talks with operating brotherhoods. His father and son also held railroad posts, and Noell was active in civic groups and First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alfred
al) Noell
Bluefield Norfolk & Western Railway
Roanoke
Noell
N&w
Operating Brotherhoods
Virginia Tech
Western
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Government of India
Lucille Graves Noell
Winding Way Road
S.W
Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Rotary Club
First Presbyterian Church
Rockefeller Hails NY Coal Project Approval
U S Senator Jay Rockefeller praised EPA approval for Orange and Rockland Utilities to reconvert their Tomkins Cove New York plant to coal. The move is seen as a breakthrough for West Virginia coal, with the utility planning to buy at least 500000 tons annually once online in 1987.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
Dw.va
Environmental Protection Agency
New York
West Virginia
EPA
Northeast
Rockefeller
Orange and Rockland Utilities Inc
Tomkins Cove
N.Y
National Independent Coal Operators' Association Reelects Officers
The Richlands based National Independent Coal Operators' Association reelected all officers at its Lexington Kentucky annual meeting. Ed Mears of Marion Center Pennsylvania was named president while Louis Hunter of Richlands Virginia became executive vice president. Horace VanMeter of Grundy Virginia was treasurer and C W Blankenship of Athens West Virginia served as regional vice president for West Virginia. Hunter also serves as managing editor of the association's monthly newspaper the National Independent Coal Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
National Independent Coal Operators’ Association
Lexington
Ed Mears
Marion Center
Louis Hunter
Horace VanMeter
Grundy
C.W. Blankenship
Athens
West Virginia
Hunter
National Independent Coal Leader
Acid Deposition Study Underway in Kentucky
University of Kentucky researchers partner with Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories Argonne National Laboratory and others to measure statewide acid deposition and Kentucky sources contribution. Summer 1983 and 1984 field programs will study in cloud transformations and transport of coal plant emissions with funding from the Institute for Mining and Minerals Research and the Kentucky Energy Cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kentucky
Kentucky
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Argonne National Laboratory
Research Triangle Institute
New Co-Manager Appointed at Bluefield Kroger Store
Clay Pendleton, longtime manager of the Bluefield Virginia Kroger before its move, is named co-manager of the Bluefield Plaza Kroger under Joe Starkey. Pendleton previously led the Pearlsburg store until its closure. Starkey’s former co-manager Romeo Gunn now works part time as a Northrup King Leeds sales rep in a broad area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Pendleton
Bluefield
Kroger
Twin Cities
Bluefield Plaza
Joe Starkey
Pendleton
Pearlsburg
Indian Coal Leases Voided By Federal Judge in Billings
U.S. District Judge James Battin in Billings ordered Interior Department to rescind at least six Powder River Basin coal leases affecting four companies after finding inadequate environmental impact review. The 1982 Powder River lease sale involved 370 million tons in Montana and a broader 1.6 billion tons across Montana and Wyoming. The ruling concerns Cheyenne reservations and leaves Wyoming leases uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Interior Department
Powder River Basin
Powder River
Interior
James Watt
U.S
James Battin
Montana
Wyoming
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buckeye Mine
Kanawha County
Pg&h Coal Co
Umwa Local 2404
District 17
Pg&h
Cabin Creek
Canada
Vermont
Canadian National Energy Board
Hydro-Quebec
Quebec
Bedford
St-Armand-Quest
Restaurant de Louvre
St- Jean
UMWA
Russell Black
N.H
Thermo Electron Corp
Waltham, Mass
Messer Hill Associates Inc
Springfield
Messer Hill
Reliance Electric Co
Thad C. Roberts
University of South Carolina
Joy Manufacturing
Roberts
Emerson
Ingersoll-Rand Mining Machinery
S&s
Wisconsin
Bluefield Bluefield
al Noell
W.H. Noell
Railroad
Lynchburg
Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad
William A. Noell Jr
Norfolk Southern Corp
Norfolk
Rockefeller Lands
Coal Project
The
Institute For Mining and Minerals Research
Kentucky Energy Cabinet
Exchange Motors
NEW Motors
Pocahontas Welding Supply
Averalure
Lee Bo Eng
Oise
Cial and
Tazewell Road
Lincoln Electric
Mustard Equipment Service, Inc
Hardy Street
W. VA
Komatsu
Rish Equipment Company
Western Virginia
Komatsu AF
Equipment Company
Airport Road
Coeburn
Main ST
Salem
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