Collection consists of correspondence, annual reports, certificates, ledgers, and other material relating to the Bear Canon Coal Company located in Las Animas County, Colorado. The Company was organized by a group of investors led by P. D. Miller, J. J. Abercrombie, and M. B. Easton to mine and market coal from the area at the head of Road Canyon, near the town of Vallorso in Las Animas County, Colorado. In 1917 the company was reorganized with William G. Plested serving as president and general manager. The company was dissolved in 1957.