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  2. Gilchrist, Mercer County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Gilchrist is an unincorporated community in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. [2] Gilchrist is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Viola. Gilchrist was founded by John W. Gilchrist. The town was home to as many as 300 miners employed in the nearby Empire Coal Mine, owned by Mr. Gilchrist and other members of the Gilchrist family. [3]

  3. Category:Coal in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Coal and coal mining in Illinois. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. M. Coal mining disasters in Illinois (6 P) P.

  4. List of historical sites related to the Illinois labor movement

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    Sculpted by John Szaton, this figure honors miners killed on the job in over a century of mining in Illinois. At the urging of Vachel Davis, a Southern Illinois coal miner, poet and artist, the state Representative Paul Powell introduced a bill to appropriate $15,000 for the creation of a monument honoring the Illinois coal miner.

  5. Johnston City, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Johnston City is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,348 at the 2020 census. This was a center of coal mining in the early 20th century, having a peak of population in the 1920s. The mining jobs attracted many immigrants from Europe.

  6. Ladd, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Ladd was incorporated on June 7, 1890, and was founded by George D. Ladd, a resident of Peru, Illinois. Ladd was originally named Laddville. The Ladd mine went bankrupt in 1901 and was purchased by the Illinois Third Vein Coal Company, owned by Samuel Dalzell of Spring Valley. At its height, the mine employed over 700 men and took an average of ...

  7. Oglesby, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    It provided coal to its owners, the Illinois Zinc Company in Peru, Illinois. [6] The surface ground layers around Oglesby had excellent exposed limestone and coal; Oglesby also had adequate riverine transport. It soon became an important center for cement manufacture. Before open-pit mining there were several subsurface cement mines: [7]

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  9. Roanoke, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke area, like most of Illinois, is underlain by rich veins of coal. The second coal shaft in Woodford County was sunk in Roanoke in 1881. Another shaft started in a westerly direction, but this coal was "flinty", or mixed with rock, and digging was discontinued. The mine at its peak employed around 300 men and hoisted 500 tons of coal ...

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