Pond Creek Coal Mine, Stone, Kentucky, 1923

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Artifact Overview

The Pond Creek Coal Company founded the company town of Stone, Kentucky, in 1912 and named it for the company's chairman, Galen L. Stone. Henry Ford's Fordson Coal Company purchased the Pond Creek firm in 1922 to supply coal to Ford Motor Company. Fordson sold its Pond Creek properties to Eastern Coal Corporation in 1936.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

24 October 1923

Subject Date

24 October 1923

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.35813

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.625 in
Width: 10.75 in

Pond Creek Coal Mine, Stone, Kentucky, 1923