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Antique Mill Creek Coal And Coke Company Beige Letterhead 1906 WV USA Job Letter
Condition: Used | Antique single-page company letter with heavy age wear: overall toning, fold creases, edge wear, large stains, paper loss and tears along lower portion front and back.
Item: Antique Mill Creek Coal and Coke Company job application letter on illustrated company letterhead.
Brand/Markings: Printed heading \"MILL CREEK COAL AND COKE COMPANY\" with subtitle \"FAMOUS POCAHONTAS SMOKELESS COAL,\" officer names T.H. Cooper, Edw. Cooper, and D.H. Thomas, and place and date line \"Coopers, W. Va., Jan 1st 1906.\"
Design: Single beige lined sheet with detailed black vignette of coal tipple, rail lines, and company buildings across the top margin, followed by neatly handwritten ink letter text.
Material: Beige lined paper with printed black ink letterhead and handwritten ink text on one side.
Date: January 1, 1906.
Country of Origin: United States (Coopers, West Virginia).
Theme & use: Early 20th century coal mining and corporate employment ephemera suitable for framed display, industrial history collection, or coal company archive.
Details: Handwritten letter beginning \"Dear Sir,\" referencing a Bluefield Daily Telegraph advertisement seeking a man to take charge of a store in North Carolina; writer describes being twenty-four, unmarried, with several years of mercantile experience and requesting a salary of one hundred dollars per month.
Keywords: Mill Creek Coal and Coke Company letterhead, Pocahontas smokeless coal, Coopers West Virginia, 1906 job application, coal mining ephemera, antique business letter, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, West Virginia history collectible.
