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Story of Ford coal and coke, with focus on mining in Stone, Kentucky.

A documentary titled 'Story of Ford coal and coke' covers the daily routines of mine workers and family in Stone, Kentucky. View of residential areas of Stone, in middle of mountains,children playing,several people sitting in front porch while others standing in shade. Mine workers climb onto a railroad car and move towards the mines in mountains. Several men on small railroad cars carry lunch boxes along with them.

Location: Stone Kentucky

Date: 1928

Duration: 1 min 34 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Men working in the Ford coal mines in Stone, Kentucky

Two men wearing mining helmets on small railroad cars digging coal mines. A mining machine undercuts large faces of coal. Then a large scoop is dragged across the path of the machine and scoops the gathered coal into Tipple cars. The cars move on the railroad tracks and exit the mine, headed toward the valley. Views of the track running into the valley and the mountains surrounding.

Location: Stone Kentucky

Date: 1928

Duration: 1 min 42 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Weighing, separation and transport of coal from Ford mines in Stone, Kentucky

Coal loaded tipple cars move out from a mine, stop for weighing at a weigh station on the tracks, and then move into the tipple, where the coal is separated into 3 different sizes of coal. Each size is dumped into Ford gondolas, and then moved by train toward a Ford plant in Toledo, Ohio. Men standing near the conveyor belt empty and dump the coal loads on the conveyor belt.

Location: Stone Kentucky

Date: 1928

Duration: 1 min 37 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English