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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
	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
	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
	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
	Shaft Bottom in Coal Mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois	Lights illuminating the shaft bottom in coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Two men standing outside the coal mine	Two men standing outside the coal mine. You can see different buildings as well as coal carts.	August 20, 1908	December 8, 2016
	Postcard of a coal mine in Glen Carbon, Illinois		October 5, 1910	December 8, 2016
	Back of Coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon		Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Coal miners outside the mines at coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois	Group of coal miners standing outside of coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois. 3rd man from the left Lee Thorpe. 6th man from the left Jacob Hinner. 2nd man from the right Joe Leitner. Man on the extreme right is Mr. Daenzer.	1910	December 8, 2016
	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.	Unknown	December 8, 2016