Ownership of the remaining 50% passed among various coal interests over the next 30 years, finally falling to Horizon Natural Resources.
As the coal boom began to wane, Patton sold most of his coal interests in 1978.
He accumulated great wealth through his canal and coal interests, and his annual income was said to have exceeded £80,000.
Durham Records relating to coal mining and coal interests have been deposited.
If it appears that an alliance with high-sulfur coal interests behind a bill requiring scrubbers would assure a quick triumph, they might make a deal.
Other countries, including the United States, have politically powerful coal interests.
Noonan was founded in 1907 and named after a family that business, farm, and coal interests in the area.
To reduce this debt the company undertook a divestment program involving all of its copper, oil, gas, and coal interests.
And coal interests have a bipartisan audience.
Later, he worked as an energy consultant specializing in coal interests.