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Interactive Map: Historic Illinois Coal Mining
October 9, 2012 | Illinois Geological Survey

The Illinois Geological Survey has published a Google map that allows you to zoom in on historic mining activity across the state. The map supplements a large collection of .pdf documents that show information about the mines and the coal seams in which they were developed.


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