Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 |
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... 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 204
... coal - producing coun- ties . By 1898 there were five counties producing over 1,000,000 tons a year . They were Sangamon ( 1,700,000 ) , St. Clair ( 1,600,000 ) , Vermillion ( 1,500,000 ) , LaSalle ( 1,600,000 ) , and Macoupin ...
... coal - producing coun- ties . By 1898 there were five counties producing over 1,000,000 tons a year . They were Sangamon ( 1,700,000 ) , St. Clair ( 1,600,000 ) , Vermillion ( 1,500,000 ) , LaSalle ( 1,600,000 ) , and Macoupin ...
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... 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 nearly ...
... 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 nearly ...
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Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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