| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - In 1876, Ayers obtained a charter for a railroad from Bristol to Big Stone Gap.[2][3] That same year he founded the Scott Banner.[5] He participated in the founding of Virginia Coal & Iron Co.,[6] which became Virginia's largest coal company,[2] and many other coal companies, as well as banks, a telephone company, and other businesses, and he owned the Big Stone Gap Post.[1][5]
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