Royal Land Company of Virginia
| Industry | mining manufacturing |
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| Founded | 27 March 1876 |
| Headquarters | Rockingham County, Virginia |
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The Royal Land Company of Virginia was set-up in Rockingham County, Virginia, on 27 March 1876, for the purpose of purchasing and developing mineral lands, mines, and manufacturing their products. It purchased, in 1876, from private parties and corporations, the fee simple and leases of numerous tracts of coal, iron, other mineral, and timber lands in Virginia and West Virginia, aggregating 154,997.75 acres (62,725.36 ha).[1]
Products and services[]
The company specialised in bituminous and anthracite coals, hematite, specular and magnetic iron ores, copper, asbestos, marl, manganese and other minerals, building stones, and the agricultural, mechanical, timber, and other resources of the country tributary to its railway lines.[1]
Railroads[]
The company operated the following railroads:[1]
- Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad
- Shenandoah Valley and Ohio Railroad
- Railroad charters in West Virginia
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- ^ a b c The Royal Land Com'y of Virginia: Its Purposes and Charters: Its Anthracite Coal, Iron Ore, Other Mineral Timber Lands: and Its Narrow-gauge Railroads Form Chesapeake Bay to Pittsburg and the West. Their Condition, Advantages and Prospects as a Security for Its First Mortgage Seven Per Cent. Gold Bonds. With Information in Relation to the Bituminous and Anthracite Coals, Hematite, Specular and Magnetic Iron Ores… . Clemmitt & Jones, Book & Job Printers, 1877.
- American companies established in 1876
- Real estate companies of the United States