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 ...

President Donald Trump’s promise to go all in on fossil fuels includes praise for coal, a reliable but polluting energy ...

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 ...

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

At least one miner was killed in an accident in a coal mine in northeastern Slovenia, while two others remain missing, authorities reported. The incident occurred on Monday evening when water ...

Rescuers recovered the body of a second miner on Wednesday after water and mud poured into underground tunnels at the Velenje coal mine in northeastern Slovenia, STA news agency reported.

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 ...

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