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<DIV>Yes. Ford Motor Company owned a number of mines in WV and KY under
the Fordson name. Henry Ford's son (Ford Son), Edsel Ford was company
president. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Fordson bought the near 5,538 acre property from JBB (DEXCAR) Coal in
1923</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>When the UMW attempted to unionize the mines at Twin Branch in 1933, the
mines were shut down, the houses were boarded up, and the property was
essentially closed. Ford Motor Company sold the property to Darr Smokeless
in 1944 and in 1948, Darr Smokeless leased the property to Jones & Laughlin
Steel. J&L eventually acquired the property and operated it until
1957.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>My new book, "Billion Dollar Coalfield", which will be available through
the NWHS Commissary this summer (if I ever finish the last two chapters), will
cover all of the coal mines along the N&W in McDowell County, WV.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Alex Schust</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: N&W coal Movement in
1910</DIV>
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<DIV>That coal From Fordson coal Co. at Twin Branch, WVA, was that a Ford
Motor operation?</DIV>
<DIV> K.
Borg</DIV></FONT>
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