Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 |
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Page 203
... coal underlying downstate counties provided the power for many of the industries of the state . Coal mining developed rapidly in the 1860s as the railroads provided necessary means to tap interior fields , as the locomotives began to burn ...
... coal underlying downstate counties provided the power for many of the industries of the state . Coal mining developed rapidly in the 1860s as the railroads provided necessary means to tap interior fields , as the locomotives began to burn ...
Page 251
... coal , they had to stand solidly among themselves to prevent the expansion of nonunion coal fields . The continued importation of immigrant miners and the opening of every seam of newly discovered coal had resulted in an industry ...
... coal , they had to stand solidly among themselves to prevent the expansion of nonunion coal fields . The continued importation of immigrant miners and the opening of every seam of newly discovered coal had resulted in an industry ...
Page 373
... Coal City , 205 Coal miners : unemployment , 246. See also Work force Coal mining , 13 , 204-205 , 219-220 , 250-252 . See also Industrialization Coalton , 205 Coal Valley , 205 Cobb , Henry Ives , 303 Cobden , Richard , 154 ...
... Coal City , 205 Coal miners : unemployment , 246. See also Work force Coal mining , 13 , 204-205 , 219-220 , 250-252 . See also Industrialization Coalton , 205 Coal Valley , 205 Cobb , Henry Ives , 303 Cobden , Richard , 154 ...
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Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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