Illinois Coal Mining.Rock Island County Coal Mining History Mining in the Coal Valley Quadrangle 10 The earliest record of coal mining in Rock Island County is 1867,when 68,000 tons were mined ...

The drive is in connection with the flooding of a 90-metre-deep rat-hole coal mine on January 6, trapping nine miners. The bodies of four miners were retrieved by January 10 but five others remain ...

CHRISTOPHER, Ill. (KFVS) - The search is over after authorities in Franklin County, Illinois found an elderly woman who was reported missing. Around noon on January 19, the Franklin Co. Emergency ...

COELLO, Ill. (KFVS) - A woman is stable after a water rescue in Franklin County, Illinois. According to the Coello Volunteer Fire Department, at around 8:55 a.m. on Saturday, January 18 ...

CHRISTOPHER, Ill. (WSIL) -- UPDATE: 12:21 p.m. -- The woman has been found safe, according to Central Dispatch of West Franklin County. ORIGINAL: 10:18 a.m. -- Authorities are looking for the ...

A 72-year-old woman was killed in a house fire in Franklin County Sunday night, according to Pennsylvania State Police.Fire crews responded to a single-story ranch-style home in the 500 block of ...

CHRISTOPHER, Ill. (WSIL) -- Authorities are looking for the public's help in finding a missing 85-year-old woman in Franklin County. The Franklin County Emergency Management Agency informed the ...

City Council chambers were packed with Say No to Coal members opposed to continuing the electric contract with the Illinois ...

Jan 21 (Reuters) - One miner died and rescuers were trying to reach two others trapped after water and mud poured into underground tunnels at the Velenje coal mine in northeastern Slovenia ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Investors have queried Rio Tinto’s reasons for participating in rumoured merger talks with Glencore, saying it would mark a ...

Some coal plant owners have already pushed back retirement timetables. The largest example, this one from just before the ...

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