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Annual Report of the James River & Kanawha Co. (Canal Transportation) (R. Pumpelly's Copy)

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Annual Report of the James River & Kanawha Co. (Canal Transportation) (R. Pumpelly's Copy)
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64 pages with table of contents. Personal copy of famous geologist Raphael Pumpelly (signed on front cover). The James River and Kanawha Co. was a canal transportation company that transported coal and iron. Mentions extending canal to Clifton Forge. The James River & Kanawha Canal Company was formed the following year in 1876 with the intention of building a railway between Buchanan and Clifton Forge and taking advantage of the iron and coal land it would cross through. The company sold the project in 1878. Has appendix in the back with analysis of West Virginia coals. Printed by Clemmitt & Jones, Richmond, 1875. Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923) was involved in mining in Arizona in 1860, followed by work in Japan, northern China and the Gobi Desert. While teaching at Harvard, he formulated the idea of secular rock disintegration. In the 1870s, he surveyed Michigan copper country, followed by survey work in Missouri and for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Condition: original covers with soiling and rips; pages have some creases but are fairly clean. 9" x 6" City: State: Virginia Date: 1875 ID# 34838