Pocahontas Fuel Company
| Company type | Shareholder |
|---|---|
| Industry | Coal, and shipping |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Fate | Sold 1956 |
| Successor | |
Key people | James Ellwood Jones |
Pocahontas Fuel Company operated mines in the state of Virginia in Boissevain and Amonate, and in West Virginia at Jenkinjones, Bishop, and Itmann. Pocahontas Fuel Company founded the Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company in 1907. In 1956 Pocahontas was acquired by the Consolidation Coal Company. Consolidation Coal Company became Consol Energy in 1991. Consol Energy mines coal at Amonate. Pocahontas Fuel Company used the Norfolk & Western Railway bring the coal to ports for shipment.