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On March 25, 1947, the Centralia No. 5 coal mine exploded near the town of Centralia, Illinois, killing 111 people. [1] The Mine Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor reported the explosion was caused when an underburdened shot or blown-out shot ignited coal dust. The US Department of Labor lists the disaster ...
The Illinois Basin is a Paleozoic depositional and structural basin in the United States, centered in and underlying most of the state of Illinois, and extending into southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky. The basin is elongate, extending approximately 400 miles (640 km) northwest-southeast, and 200 miles (320 km) southwest-northeast.
Cumberland Mine: Foundation Coal [6] Underground Pennsylvania 6,769,916 Mach 1 Mine: Mach Mining Underground Illinois 6,335,835 Marion County Mine: CONSOL Energy [9] Underground West Virginia 6,114,799 Ohio County Mine Ohio County Coal Underground West Virginia 6,046,582 Dry Fork Mine
Location of surface coal mines in the US Locations of underground coal mines in the US Trends in underground versus surface mining of US coal, 1949–2011. The hardest coal, anthracite, originally used for steel production, heating, and as fuel for ships and railroads, had by 2000 dwindled to an insignificant portion of production.
The Bureau County Sheriff's Office said that an autopsy was conducted Tuesday on the remains, which were found June 8 at the site of a former coal mine best remembered for a devastating 1909 fire ...
This may be another reflection of the numerous obscure ethnic groups that maintained an identity in the rural coal fields of Southern Illinois. Many underground coal mines were opened near Waltonville. Immigrants came to work these mines, mainly from Poland. By the 1950s, the rural areas west of Waltonville were predominantly Polish, and the ...
In 1905, the St. Paul Coal Company opened the Cherry Mine in order to supply coal for the trains of its controlling company, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. [1] [2] The mine consisted of three horizontal veins, each deeper than the last. The veins were connected vertically by two shafts set some 100 yards (91 m) apart.
Coal mining disasters in Illinois (6 P) P. Coal-fired power stations in Illinois (1 C, 3 P) T. Coal towns in Illinois (13 P) Pages in category "Coal in Illinois"