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Bon Jellico Coal Co. Token Grades Choice AU/BU Slider

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:25.00 - 100.00 USD
Bon Jellico Coal Co. Token Grades Choice AU/BU Slider
Bon Jellico Coal Co. Token Grades Choice AU/BU Slider. The community of Bon Jellico (referred to by residents and on this web site as ‘Bon’) was located on 1500 acres along Briar Creek about two miles west of Williamsburg, Kentucky on Highway 92. Bon Jellico Coal Company started mining coal in 1912 and closed down in 1937. The word ‘Bon’ means good and ‘Jellico’ came from the seam of coal on the mountain. The Bon Jellico coal-mining town was incorporated in 1911 by two men from Knoxville, Tennessee (Arthur Groves and William Everett) and some local investors from Williamsburg. The land and mineral rights were purchased from Mike Richardson and others “from mountain to mountain and beyond that formed Bon Hollow as it is today”.