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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
	Slack Pile	Slack Pile	October 22, 1926	December 8, 2016
	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
	Outside view of coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois	This photograph shows coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	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
	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
	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.	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	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
	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
	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