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Shift workers riding on rail carts in the mines |
Shift workers riding on rail carts in the mines |
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December 8, 2016 |
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Group of men standing outside at the coal mines |
Group of well dressed men with coverall on standing outside at the coal mines |
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December 8, 2016 |
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Men hosing down the outside of Madison Coal Corporation Mine No. 5 |
Men hosing down the outside of Madison Coal Corporation Mine No. 5 |
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December 8, 2016 |
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Miners entering into the mines |
Miners entering into the mines |
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December 8, 2016 |
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The back of the coal mine against the railroad tracks. Railroad carts filled with coal. |
The back of the coal mine against the railroad tracks. Railroad carts filled with coal. |
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December 8, 2016 |
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Building on the coal mining property |
Building on the coal mining property owned by Madison Coal Corporation. |
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December 8, 2016 |
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Group of miners sitting in a cart outside of the mines |
Group of miners sitting in a cart outside of the mines |
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December 8, 2016 |
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Men working in a pit inside the mine |
Men working in a pit inside the mine. The man in the right is Al Deconcini Senior |
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December 8, 2016 |
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Bob Gibson Oral History Interview |
An oral history interview with Robert "Bob" Gibson, an expert on mine subsidence. Gibson describes his career with the Illinois and federal governments working on abandoned mine lands projects. He also describes several notable cases of mine subsidence from old coal mines in Madison County. |
March 11, 2017 |
June 14, 2017 |
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1926 Man Repairing the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after Mine Subsidence |
This 1926 photograph shows a man repairing the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Edwardsville after mine subsidence. He is inserting a jack into the wall of the building to keep it from collapsing. The building later became the Madison County Nursing Home. |
1926 |
August 4, 2017 |