Arctic Coal Company
| Industry | Mining |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1906 |
| Defunct | 1916 |
| Fate | Bought by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani |
| Successor | Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Svalbard |
| Products | Coal |
| Owner | John Munro Longyear Frederick Ayer |
Arctic Coal Company was a coal mining company that operated mines at Longyearbyen (then Longyear City) in Svalbard, Norway, between 1906 and 1916.
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First World War,[2] the mining operations were bought by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, which was incorporated in Oslo on 30 November 1916.[5]
References
- Bibliography
- Holm, Kari (1999). Longyearbyen – Svalbard: historisk veiviser (in Norwegian). ISBN 82-992142-4-6.
- Hartnell, Cameron C. "Arctic Network Builders : the Arctic Coal Company's Operations on Spitsbergen and Its Relationship with the Environment." Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2009.
- Notes
- ^ "Longyearbyen". Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ a b Holm (1999): 46
- ^ Holm (1999): 148
- ^ Holm (1999): 47
- ^ Holm (1999): 119
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