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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 Com- pany , the Grape Creek Coal Company , and after 1890 , the Con- solidated Coal Company of St. Louis . Mining in the central field , served by increasing numbers of railroads , expanded dramatically in the counties of Sangamon ...
... Coal Com- pany , the Grape Creek Coal Company , and after 1890 , the Con- solidated Coal Company of St. Louis . Mining in the central field , served by increasing numbers of railroads , expanded dramatically in the counties of Sangamon ...
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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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