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Portrait of Coal miners |
3 coal mining men and one child. Miners holding tools, wearing head lamps, and carrying lunch boxes. |
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Abandoned coal washer site |
East end ruins of old dam in Judy creek below coal washer site. Water used for washing coal. |
February 17, 1990 |
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Miners working inside the coal mine in Glen Carbon, Illinois. |
Coal miners working inside the coal mines with lights on their heads illuminating the mine shaft. |
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Inside Coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon Illinois. |
Two workers inside the coal mine in Glen Carbon, Illinois. One man is named Louis Trebing. |
1910 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Image of coal mine #4 Engine House in Glen Carbon, Illinois. |
Madison Coal Corporation No. 4 Mine Engine House still stands and is occupied as a private dwelling located on a private drive on right side of Meridian Hills just after the railroad track crossing about a third of a mile north of the covered bridge. The mine was sunk circa 1892, but mining operations were abandoned just after the turn of the century due to water seepage. |
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Back of Coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon |
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Shaft Bottom in Coal Mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois |
Lights illuminating the shaft bottom in coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois |
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Men and women sight seeing inside coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois. |
Men and women visiting coal miners and getting a tour of the inside of coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois. |
November 19, 1910 |
December 8, 2016 |
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Men and women inside the Glen Carbon coal mines |
Friends and family were allowed to come visit miners inside the mine. This groups of sight seers are inside the mines in Glen Carbon, Illinois. |
November 19, 1910 |
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. |
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