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Coke Ovens and Coal Lands
The Company has eight hundred coke ovens at
Tom's Creek, Virginia, with an annual capacity of
350,000 net tons; also one hundred and seventy-eight
coke ovens at Looney Creek, Virginia, with an annual
capacity of 80,000 tons. Total annual capacity of the
nine hundred and seventy-eight ovens, 430,000 net
tons.
The Company also owns about 122,000 acres of coal
lands, including the celebrated Tom's Creek Coal ![illustration](https://iiif.lib.virginia.edu/iiif/uva-lib:111932/full/!1600,1600/0/default.jpg")
COLD BLAST CHARCOAL FURNACE, FOSTER FALLS, VIRGINIA
(Type of Furnace Existing Before the War)
Mining Operation, and leases the Looney Creek, Linden,
and Imperial Coal Mines.
The annual capacity of the coal mines of the Virginia
Iron, Coal and Coke Company is over two million
tons of coal.
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