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December dinner inside the coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois | Dinner served down inside coal mine #2 tunnel. December presiding over this unique dinner in #2 mine tunnel is Mike Sedlacek (center), top mine boss. The other people at the table are presumed to have been visiting officials of the Madison Coal Company and their wives. The unidentified women in the background are presumed to have been Glen Carbon Village women who prepared and served the food. | 1920 | December 8, 2016 |
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Slack Pile | Slack Pile | October 22, 1926 | December 8, 2016 |
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Cole Gratcher outside of the old Coal Office | Cole Gratcher (grandson of Alice Hielson) outside of the old Coal Office. Now Claude James house that used to belong to Mike Higgerson. | August 1960 | December 8, 2016 |
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Outside view of coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois | This photograph shows coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Friends and family day at coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois | This postcard shows friends and family visiting mine #2 in Glen Carbon. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Young men standing outside of coal mine #2 by lumber stacks in Glen Carbon, Illinois. | This photograph shows two men standing outside mine #2 at the Madison Coal Corporation in Glen Carbon. Roof supports are stacked alongside the railroad tracks. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Coal Miners in front of railroad car filled with coal | This photograph shows coal miners employed by the Madison Coal Company. They are posing in front of an Illinois Central Railroad car filled with coal. From left to right: Row of men standing: Man #2 standing is Sam Murphy, Man #6 standing is Albert Evans. Row of men kneeling: Man #2 is Chris Schneider and man in the middle with saw is William Werner the mine carpenter. |
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Two Coal Miners Working in a Glen Carbon Mine | This photograph shows two workers operating a coal cutting machine in a Glen Carbon mine. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Miner working inside the engine room at the coal mine | This photograph shows Joe Mateyka operating the cage inside the engine room in at the coal mine. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |
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Pit Mules in the Glen Carbon Coal Mine | This photograph shows pit mules housed inside the Glen Carbon mine. These mules spent most of their days living underground and were used to move carts of coal. | Unknown | December 8, 2016 |