Two coal miners inside the mines standing on the tracks

coal, Coal Miners, Coal mining, Glen Carbon, Illinois, industry, inside the mine

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Two coal miners inside the mines standing on the tracks. The two men are Charles Thraxton (on the left) the mine superintendent and the other is Mr. Coleson who was also a violin teacher.

• Glen Carbon Heritage Museum

Glen Carbon Heritage Museum Photograph Collection

1912

• Glen Carbon

• Photograph

• GCHM-P-0034
• Original archive: 02-03-007