Summary - TST 13
TRANSPORTES, SERVICIOS Y TELECOMUNICACIONES
José Andrés González Pedraza
La Compañía de Caminos de Hierro del Norte y las minas de carbón de Barruelo (1877-1941). Fuentes para su estudio en el Archivo de Hullera Vasco-Leonesa
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Key words:
Railways; documentary sources; archive records;mining.
[ Abstract ]
The Vasco-Leonesa Coalmine Company Archive, kept and managed by the Vasco-Leonesa Coalmine Foundation (La Robla, León) is of fundamental importance for studying coalmining in Spain and its role as the engine of Spanish industrial development. It includes, as one of its archive records, documents kept about mining activity in the Palencia coalfields of Barruelo and Orbó, from the first operations in 1838. In 1877, Crédito Mobiliario Español sold the mines to the Northern Railroad Company of Spain, which included them in the company’s organisation chart in its Rolling Stock and Traction Service. Operating problems, a great amount of mine infrastructure work and rising salary costs led the company to decide to separate mine ownership from railway operations, forming Minas de Barruelo S.A., in 1922, whose only customer was the Railroad Company. The paper analyses the documentary series researchers must consult to find out about these historical events, their external characteristics, the legislation used as the foundation and the information they provide.
[ Abstract ]
The Vasco-Leonesa Coalmine Company Archive, kept and managed by the Vasco-Leonesa Coalmine Foundation (La Robla, León) is of fundamental importance for studying coalmining in Spain and its role as the engine of Spanish industrial development. It includes, as one of its archive records, documents kept about mining activity in the Palencia coalfields of Barruelo and Orbó, from the first operations in 1838. In 1877, Crédito Mobiliario Español sold the mines to the Northern Railroad Company of Spain, which included them in the company’s organisation chart in its Rolling Stock and Traction Service. Operating problems, a great amount of mine infrastructure work and rising salary costs led the company to decide to separate mine ownership from railway operations, forming Minas de Barruelo S.A., in 1922, whose only customer was the Railroad Company. The paper analyses the documentary series researchers must consult to find out about these historical events, their external characteristics, the legislation used as the foundation and the information they provide.