Longyearbyen was established as Longyear City in 1906 and was run by the Arctic Coal Company, an US-Norwegian company, for ten years. In 1916, the whole area including the established mining infrastructure, was sold to the Norwegian Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani. The first coal mine, the “Ameraican Mine” is still visible above the church. There are many other witnesses of these old days, as for example this bench mark.
Bench mark Arctic Coal Company
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