The American industrialist John Munro Longyear visited Spitsbergen as a tourist in 1901, where he met with an expedition prospecting for coal. He returned to Spitsbergen 1903, where he met Henrik B. Næss in Adventfjorden, who gave him samples and information on coal fields. Along with his associate Frederick Ayer, Longyear bought the Norwegian claims on the west side of Adventfjorden, installed William D. Munroe as general manager, and expanded the claims significantly the following year. In 1906, the Boston-based Arctic Coal Company, with Ayer and Longyear as the main shareholders, started mining in Mine 1a, after having built docks and housing.[1] The company had American administration, but mostly Norwegian laborers, and named the town Longyear City.[2] Coal was transported the 1.2 kilometers (0.75 mi) from the mine to the port using an aerial tramway built by the German company Adolf Bleichert & Co. of Leipzig.[3] In 1913, the company started preliminary work to open Mine 2a.[4] Following financial difficulties during the First World War,[2] the mining operations were bought by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, which was incorporated in Oslo on 30 November 1916.[5]
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Holm, Kari (1999). Longyearbyen – Svalbard: historisk veiviser (in Norwegian). ISBN82-992142-4-6.
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.
arctic, coal, company, coal, mining, company, that, operated, mines, longyearbyen, then, longyear, city, svalbard, norway, between, 1906, 1916, industryminingfounded1906defunct1916fatebought, store, norske, spitsbergen, kulkompanisuccessorstore, norske, spitsb. Arctic Coal Company was a coal mining company that operated mines at Longyearbyen then Longyear City in Svalbard Norway between 1906 and 1916 Arctic Coal CompanyIndustryMiningFounded1906Defunct1916FateBought by Store Norske Spitsbergen KulkompaniSuccessorStore Norske Spitsbergen KulkompaniHeadquartersBoston United StatesArea servedSvalbardProductsCoalOwnerJohn Munro LongyearFrederick AyerThe American industrialist John Munro Longyear visited Spitsbergen as a tourist in 1901 where he met with an expedition prospecting for coal He returned to Spitsbergen 1903 where he met Henrik B Naess in Adventfjorden who gave him samples and information on coal fields Along with his associate Frederick Ayer Longyear bought the Norwegian claims on the west side of Adventfjorden installed William D Munroe as general manager and expanded the claims significantly the following year In 1906 the Boston based Arctic Coal Company with Ayer and Longyear as the main shareholders started mining in Mine 1a after having built docks and housing 1 The company had American administration but mostly Norwegian laborers and named the town Longyear City 2 Coal was transported the 1 2 kilometers 0 75 mi from the mine to the port using an aerial tramway built by the German company Adolf Bleichert amp Co of Leipzig 3 In 1913 the company started preliminary work to open Mine 2a 4 Following financial difficulties during the 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 EditBibliographyHolm 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 Norway portal Energy portal This Norwegian corporation or company article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Svalbard related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arctic Coal Company amp oldid 1020585916, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
