Jun 14, 2019 · The Morrisonville Times, an Illinois newspaper, reported on June 11, 1891, the unusual discovery of a modern artifact found embedded in a lump of coal that had originated …

Sep 13, 2024 · In it he discusses a coin-like object found in a well boring in Illinois. If authentic, the quasi-coin would be between 200,000-400,000 years old, as it was found at 125 feet deep …

May 7, 2007 · During the drilling of an artesian well at Lawn Ridge, 31 km (20 miles) north of Peoria (Illinois, USA), in August 1870, one of the workmen, Jacob W Moffitt (1841-1922) of …

Encased Cent 1901 AD Rockford Illinois Coal & Lumber DuPlain & Crumb Main St.

Feb 8, 2022 · The coin from Illinois—erroneously described in the article title as Roman!—was subsequently shown to the American ethnologist F. F. Hilder, who determined that it was an …

Illinois’ central location and large reserves make it the eighth largest producer of coal in the nation. Coal underlies some 37,000 square miles of the state—about 65 percent of its …

Beginning January 2022, UMWA Local 1613 members led by President Scott Thomas have been building exhibits and displays featuring Coal Country coal mining in the modern era. Their …

The coal mining "boom" in the northern fields of Illinois really dates from 1864. Around the town of Braidwood, a farmer struck coal while drilling a well for water. For the next 50 years, …

Jacob W. Moffit, A "COIN" FROM ILLINOIS, American Journal of Numismatics, and Bulletin of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, Vol. 6, No. 4 (APRIL, 1872), pp. 89-92

These round disks sometimes occur between seams of coal and may be found when coal is mined. Although pyrite is quite common worldwide, the disk form is virtually unique to Illinois.