Inventory of the Papers of the Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Company:
Folder XV, A-L
XV. Various files pertaining to the general
business operations of V.I.C.C.
Folder labeled Engineering Department.
Two letters dated 1943 wherein a Mr. Holyfield and Mr. Hutton attempted
to obtain employment with V.I.C.C. as surveyors.
Folder labeled forms of coal leases.
Copy of blank lease form dated ___) ____,1929.
Copy of blank lease form dated ____) ____,196__. forwarded to V.I.C.C.
by Woods, Rogers, Muse and Walker Law offices in a letter dated August
8,1961.
Folder labeled sale of VA Stone and Construction Corp. to Tufano Contracting
Corp.
Copies of financial earning statements etc. for VA Stone and Construction
Corp. (owned by V.I.C.C.) between 1957-1962. In 1961 V.I.C.C. sold the
VA Stone to a Mr. Louis Tufano. In 1962 Tufano entered troubled financial
times and from 1962-1967 V.I.C.C. was in litigations to avoid responsibility
for Tufano/VA Atone debts. Very detailed background. Letters, internal
memos etc. pertaining to the legal problems with VA Stone are in this file.
Folder labeled Claim, VA Stone and Construction Corp. Against VA Department
of highways.
Contains a great deal of background material on a claim made by VA Stone
against the state highway dept. in 1960 concerning a highway construction
project in Fauquier co. VA.
Folder labeled Claim VA Stone and Construction Corp. against Va dept.
of highways No.2.
Contains business information I.E cost estimates for materials and equipment
used in Fauqier Co. construction job between 1958 and 1960. Included in
this folder are booklets on equipment performance, rental rates and costs
on equipment performance. A copy of the 1954 VA Dept. of highways Road
and Bridge specifications is also included.
Folder labeled Bates Manufacturing Co.
Contains correspondence and background information on business relationship
between 1964 and 1969. On OCTOBER 31,1969 V.I.C.C. was merged into Bates.
Folder labeled annual reports.
Copy of V.I.C.C. Annual report dated April 18,1927.
Profile of Gossan Lead dated June 14,1900.
Copy of minutes of meeting of V.I.C.C.> Advisory Board dated June 18 and
19,1900.
Copy of minutes of meeting of V.I.C.C. Advisory Board dated April 3,1900.
Copy of what appears to be an agenda or minutes of stockholders meeting
in 1919-1920.
Copy of V.I.C.C. Annual Balance sheet dated January 9,1900.
V.I.C.C. Financial Statement from January 1,1903 to June 30, 1911 (3 copies).
Copy of Auditor Report to V.I.C.C. dated January 28,1901.
V.I.C.C. Cash account April 1900.
V.I.C.C. Annual Statements 1900.
V.I.C.C. Income Accounts 1899-1900.
V.I.C.C. Semi-Annual statement June 30,1900.
Undated statement of leases to V.I.C.C. showing location, date, royalty
and terms of payment.
List of salaried officers of V.I.C.C. dated August 1,1901.
Record showing properties operated by V.I.C.C. and names of agents dated
December 31,1900.
Report on examination of financial condition and operation for 13 «
years ended June 30,1916.
Letter dated September 20,1901 from auditor to V.I.C.C. reporting on general
operations and expenses/profit of V.I.C.C. (10 pages).
Letter dated January 24,1902 from Archer A Phleger to V.I.C.C. Auditor
setting forth ideas of Depreciation of properties.
Recapitulation of V.I.C.C. financial/business Transaction during period
January 1,1903-May 1,1912 (2 copies).
Recapitulation of V.I.C.C. Real Estate Transaction from January 1,1903
to September 1,1919(3 copies).
V.I.C.C. statement showing number and cost of first mortgage Gold Bonds
purchased from January 1903 to June 1917.
V.I.C.C. statement showing number and cost of first mortgage Gold Bonds
purchased from January 1,1903 to September 1,1919 (14 copies).
V.I.C.C. statement showing total cost of all Carter Coal and Iron Company
Bonds purchased and paid off from January 1,1903 to September 1,1919 (4
copies).
Copy of V.I.C.C. 1951 Annual report.
Report dated April 27, 1979 on a special meeting of Bates Manufacturing
Co. stockholders to vote on a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution
of Bates and to consider the sale of properties, assets and business of
V.I.C.C. , a Bates subsidiary, to American Natural Resources Co. (ANR).
Folder labeled land lists containing lists of properties owned by V.I.C.C.
Colony Coal and Coke Corp. Doe Valley Association, Doe Mtn., M&I Co,
N.Y. and VA M&M Co of VA. Also list of improvements on properties in
Wise and Dickenson Co. VA. dated 1927.
Folder labeled early property.
Statement of properties acquired with stocks and bonds, of the proceeds
thereof, of V.I.C.C. in 1899 when V.I.C.C. organized. Copies of deeds conveying
properties to V.I.C.C. attached.
Folder labeled local history.
Undated, unsigned, eight page paper titled development, Southwest VA and
adjacent territory year 1880-1895. Contains information on railroads and
mining operations.
Letter dated June 2,1947 from Mr. F. A. Groseclose, the General Attorney
for V.I.C.C. Mr. Groseclose provides a summary of his 45 plus years with
V.I.C.C. and the company's development and growth.
Memo dated March 17, 1947 containing information obtained from Mr. E. E.
Marshall of Cripple Creek VA ., concerning Iron Ore Mines of V.I.C.C.
Affidavit dated April 8, 1927 from Mr. M. H. Maury, age 66, provides history
of Mr. Maury's years in the Iron business. Provides insight on early operations
of V.I.C.C. Iron Mining Operations.
Affidavit dated April 12, 1927 from Mr. Charles Page Perin of New York,
N. Y. providing his recollections of the early years of the Iron business
of V.I.C.C.
Copy of letter dated April 27, 1951 from Mr. F. A. Groseclose to president
of V.I.C.C. re: N.Y. and VA Mining and Mineral Co. properties in Carroll
Co. VA.
Binder containing abstracts on each piece of V.I.C.C. owned property
in the following locations in VA.
Roanoke City.
Roanoke County.
Pulaski County.
Pulaski City.
Radford City.
Bedford County.
Russell County.
Scott County.
Montgomery County.
Tazewell County.
Washington County.
Smith County.
Lee County.
Bristol County.
Folder labeled Crozer Iron Co.
Large map (paper on cloth) in poor condition dated November 1889 showing
property owned by Edith Iron Co., at Blue Ridge Springs VA.
