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Cahokia Township Mines:

• Benld Coal Mines Nos. 1 in Cahokia Township
  
  
• Mine No. 5 - Giant Booze Plant from Daryl Butcher
  
  George Lacy relates a story of Mine #5 and Capone
  

Dorchester Township Mines:

• Wilsonville Coal Mine No. 4 in Dorchester Township
  
  
• ?Wilsonville Coal Mine No. 3 in Dorchester Township
  

Gillespie Township Mines:

• Little Dog Mine and Monterey Mine No. 1
  
  
• Mount Clare, Gillespie Township - Superior Coal Company's mine No. 3  sunk 1915 &  closed 1954

Mt. Olive Township Mines:

• Mt Olive - Coal Mine #8
  
  
• July 29, 1893 - MT OLIVE HERALD - MASHED TO A PULP HENRY SCHULTZE
  
  
• Superior Mine No 2 in Sawyerville - description and pictures by Daryl Butcher
  
  
• DVD For Sale - Mother Jones - a great brief life story of Mother Jones
  
  
• Mother Jones Monument
  
  
• Picture of Mother Jones, Union Labor Leader buried at Mt Olive, Macoupin Co, IL

Nilwood Township Mines:

• Greenridge - booming coal mining town now completely gone

Staunton Township Mines:

• August 10, 1917 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - MINERS HOLD MASS MEETING
  
  
• April 5, 1923 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - MINERS' 8-HOUR DAY (Began April 1, 1898)
  
  
• December 9, 1926 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - CRUSHER AT NO. 2 DESTROYED BY FIRE
  
  
• May 3, 1928 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - NO. 2 MINE RESUMES OPERATIONS
  
  
• July 11, 1929 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - GRADUAL INSTALLATION OF NEW EQUIPMENT VIRTUALLY COMPLETED
  
  
• February 20, 1930 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - NO. 7 MINE SHUT DOWN TUESDAY
  
  
• March 13, 1930 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - HAVE SEALED NO. 7 MINE
  
  
• April 27, 1933 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - NO. 2 STILL IDLE
  
  
• May 11, 1933 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - NO. 2 MINE IS AGAIN OPERATING
  
  
• May 17, 1951 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - MINE NO. 15 WILL CEASE TO OPERATE
  
  
• August 23, 1951 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - NO. 7 MINE WILL CEASE TO OPERATE FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1951
  
  
• September 6, 1951 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - NO. 7 MINE WILL BE READY TO HOIST COAL NEXT WEEK
  
  
• November 15, 1951 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - MINE NO. 7 HAS CEASED OPERATION
  
  
• June 27, 1957 - STAUNTON STAR-TIMES - MINE NO. 2 CLOSE AFTER 53 YEARS OF STEADY OPERATIONS

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.