title: Imperial Smokeless Coal Company
text: # Imperial Smokeless Coal Company
  
  The Imperial Smokeless Coal Company was a coal-mining company founded in Quinwood, West Virginia in the United States on June 5, 1919.
  
  ## History
  
  The company operated three mines in northwestern Greenbrier County, West Virginia and Eastern Nicholas County, West Virginia until it was sold to Vera Pocahontas Coal Company in 1940, which was later acquired by Westmoreland Coal. The company's founders, Quin Martin and Walter Seal Wood, are the namesakes of the town, which was built around the mine. All three mines previously operated by Imperial Smokeless were closed by Westmoreland in the 1970s, and little record of the company exists, although Imperial Smokeless company scrip is a common collector's item.
  
  