Coal mine signs 20-year contract Benton Evening News
MT. VERNON - After three years of planning and negotiating, the planned coal-to-synthetic natural gas facility near Waltonville is a step closer to reality after a 20-year agreement has been executed with another another energy company resulting in 100 percent of the facility output beang subscribed.
Massey CEO Speaks at Coal Symposium AP via Yahoo! Finance
Massey Energy Co. Chief Executive Don Blankenship said the nation needs an energy policy centered on coal, but wholesale changes are needed to mine it safely and competitively.
Ethanol plant construction in full swing Canton Daily Ledger
Construction work is under way at Central Illinois Energy's ethanol plant near Canton. CIE plans to start making ethanol there in June. Three cranes and other heavy equipment were at the site Friday. One crane was pounding the ground by raising and releasing a large, heavy disk.
Blankenship says national security dependent on coal Charleston Daily Mail
BLUEFIELD -- Massey Energy Co. Chief Executive Don Blankenship says coal is the key to national security but changes are needed to mine it safely and competitively.
Blankenship says changes needed Williamson Daily News
Thursday, September 28, 2006 4:43 PM CDT BLUEFIELD (AP) - Massey Energy Co. Chief Executive Don Blankenship says coal is the key to national security but wholesale changes are needed to mine it safely and competitively.
Black Diamond Vineyards Belleville News-Democrat
Former coal miner Bob Hicks stepped behind the counter and poured a glass of Marianna's Blush for visitors to try.
New Wireless Communications, Tracking System For Underground Coal Miners Wireless IQ
Active Control Technology Inc. today announced that it has filed for
A life-saver Tri-State Media
District 348 Nurse Liz Richardson presented the district's Board of Education a small demonstration of a new piece of life-saving equipment at the board's regular monthly meeting Monday - an Automated External Defibrillator, or AED.
Coal company leader offers details of plan Journal Gazette & Times Courier
OAKLAND -- American Clean Coal Fuels would mine approximately 320-350 feet below the surface if it establishes a mine and coal-to-diesel plant in the Oakland area.
Conservationists probe state coal mining regulations Journal Gazette & Times Courier
CHARLESTON -- Coal mining in Coles County is a topic the local Soil and Water Conservation District has not needed to address for many years.
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Coal Resources and Related Maps | | Illinois Coal Mines Maps and Directories Availability of the Herrin Coal for Mining in Illinois : Map Summary of
Minonk Coalmine
Anyone traveling through Central Illinois can't help notice the huge slag Look under History- Old Photos-Coalmine Mule. You won't see many like it.
Illinois Coal Mining Towns on Route 66
An abandoned coal mine in Illinois in 1939, courtesy Braidwood, Illinois Coal Mining Teamsters On a Sunday in July several of the black miners were
Coal and the Illinois Economy -sec
Altogether, Illinois coal mines produce 60 million tons of coal each year. This coal is mainly used to generate electricity at power plants in Illinois and
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Since the 1870s safety inspections have been conducted at Illinois coal mines. As the coal industry grew, so did concern about safe working conditions.
Illinois Coal Mining Towns on Route 66
An abandoned coal mine in Illinois in 1939, courtesy Braidwood, Illinois Coal Mining Teamsters On a Sunday in July several of the black miners were
Coal and the Illinois Economy -sec
Altogether, Illinois coal mines produce 60 million tons of coal each year. This coal is mainly used to generate electricity at power plants in Illinois and
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Since the 1870s safety inspections have been conducted at Illinois coal mines. As the coal industry grew, so did concern about safe working conditions.
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Mining Links. Illinois State Geological Survey · National Mining Association · Illinois Clean Coal Institute · Mine Safety and Health Administration
Labor History Articles
An especially terrible underground fire in a coal mine near the little town of Cherry in the Northern Illinois coal fields. How it happened.
PJStar.com - Coal Rush: The Illinois Recovery
Deep below ground, employees of central Illinois' only coal mine yield over 6000 tons a day. Monday, November 28, 2005. Dirty reputation
IL Coal
One of the greatest obstacles to mining coal is the great amount of water that collects in the mine which has to be continually pumped out. In Illinois
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welcome to coal mining This Coal City Public Library District Educate and Automate Grant Project was funded by the Illinois State Library, a division of
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