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SALE OF COAL ON PURKEY TRACT - CLINCH VALLEY COLLEGE

Mr. Greear reported that a coal company had indicated to him a desire to enter into a contract
to strip the coal off three to four acres of the Purkey tract at Clinch Valley College on
land which had been donated by local residents. The acreage is in one corner of the tract and the
agreement would call for the covering of the land after the stripping in order that no permanent
damage would result. The President was authorized to proceed to negotiate a contract for the
sale of the coal with the approval of Mr. C. Venable Minor, General Counsel of the University