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Coal Mines and Mining
in
Macoupin County, Illinois
General Mine Information:
Cahokia Township Mines:
Dorchester Township Mines:
Gillespie Township Mines:
Mt. Olive Township Mines:
Nilwood Township Mines:
Staunton Township Mines:
Virden Township Mines:
Virden Coal Mine Riot of 1898
- includes:
The Flyer in Birmingham AL in 1898 from the Virden Mine Management
Newspaper Articles about the Virden Mine Riot of 1898 donated by Pam Robertson Ripplinger
Mother Jones Monument
Picture of Mother Jones, Union Labor Leader buried at Mt Olive Macoupin Co IL
ONEIL House in Virden IL - used for Union Miners planning of the 1898 Strike. Pictures of Kate ONeil, son William and Kate's mother Sarah McCranor
"Union Miners' Cemetery Mt Olive IL" donated by S Joan Miley
Coal Miners' Side of the Story donated by Larry Clark
The Virden and Pana Mine Wars of 1898 article by Victor Hicken
Mine Union Radicalism in Macoupin and Montgomery Counties (IL) by Victor Hicken
Book - Bloody Mine Riot of Virden, Illinois 1898 - Lukins - Ranch 1922 - 1928 Chadwick, MO.