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	"The Coal Miner" True -- He plays no grandstand role in life but his importance is vital, great and just: for without his toil in earth caverns deep, civilization would soon crumble into the dust! A. D. 1964          From his poem - Vachel Davis   This statue was dedicated on October 16, 1964 The Sculptor was John Szaton of Tinley Park, Illinois
This monument is located on the east side of the grounds of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois Photographed September 29, 2012

	Illinois Counties Adams * Alexander Bond * Boone Brown Bureau Calhoun * Carroll Cass * Champaign Christian * Clark Clay Clinton * Coles * Cook Crawford * Cumberland * DeKalb De Witt * Douglas * DuPage * Edgar * Edwards * Effingham * Fayette * Ford Franklin Fulton Gallatin Greene Grundy Hamilton Hancock Hardin Henderson Henry * Iroquois Jackson Jasper Jefferson Jersey * Jo Daviess Johnson * Kane Kankakee Kendall * Knox La Salle * Lake Lawrence * Lee Livingston Logan McDonough * McHenry McLean Macon Macoupin Madison Marion Marshall * Mason * Massac Menard * Mercer * Monroe Montgomery Morgan Moultrie * Ogle Peoria Perry * Piatt Pike Pope * Pulaski Putnam Randolph Richland Rock Island Saline Sangamon Schuyler Scott Shelby St. Clair * Stark * Stephenson Tazewell Union Vermilion Wabash Warren Washington Wayne White * Whiteside Will Williamson * Winnebago Woodford   * No coal mining data located		New ! Publications / Peabody People, August 1950 New ! in progress     Photographs Coal Mining History in Illinois Disasters in Illinois Coal Mines Illinois Coal Miners Monuments & Memorials In Progress - Photographs and data are always appreciated. 1910 - 1920 Illinois Coal Mine Rescue Stations and First-Aid Contests 1932 - 1999 Progressive Miners of America - PMA Progressive Mine Workers of America - PMWA History of the Progressive Miner's Union   Adams County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History     Bond County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Brown County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History     Calhoun County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including Years of Operation     Cass County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Christian County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History, Photos & Fatalities, plus Biographies & Cemeteries     Clinton County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities, plus Biographies       plus two near-by mines in St. Clair County, Illinois     Crawford County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History & Fatalities     DeWitt, County, Illinois       Coal Mining Notes     Franklin, County, Illinois       Coal Mining in Franklin County       including History                   Coal Mines                   Coal Mine Fatalities :                         [ A - C ]    [ D - H ]    [ I - L ]    [ M - P ]    [ Q - T ]    [ U - Z ]     Fulton County, Illinois       Coal Mining in Fulton County       including References       Coal Mines       including History                   Coal Mines A - F                   Coal Mines G - P                   Coal Mines R - Z       Fatalities     Gallatin County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History, Coal Mines & Fatalities     Greene County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Grundy County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Hamilton County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History     Hancock County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Jackson County, Illinois             Coal Mining in Jackson County             including History and Fatalities                   Coal Mines A - J                   Coal Mines K - Z                   Coal Mines Strip                   Fatalities     Jasper County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and notes     Jefferson County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Jersey County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and notes     Lawrence County, Illinois       Brief Coal History     Livingston County, Illinois       central Northern Illinois       Coal Mines       including History       Coal Mine Fatalities     Logan County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Macon County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Macoupin County, Illinois       Southeast Quarter of Macoupin County, IL. Coal & Coal Mining       including History and Photos         Coal Mines - Rest of Macoupin County, IL.       including History         1884 - 1984 Macoupin County, Illinois       Coal Mine Fatalities : |   A - I    |   J - R    |   S - Z    |     Madison County, Illinois             Coal Mining in Madison County             including History and Fatalities                   Coal Mines A - F                   Coal Mines G - L                   Coal Mines M - Z                   Fatalities     Marion County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History & Fatalities     McDonough County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including Fatalities and related coal mine histories       plus an interesting tidbit about using dogs instead of mules in a coal mine.     McLean County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History, Biographies & Fatalities,     Menard County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Montgomery County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History & Fatalities, plus Biographies & Cemeteries     Moultrie County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     Perry County, Illinois             Coal Mining in Perry County             including History and Fatalities                   Coal Mines A - M                   Coal Mines N - Z                   Coal Mines Strip                   Fatalities     Randolph County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History       Coal Mine Fatalities     Richland County, Illinois       Coal Mines     Saline County, Illinois       History       Coal Mine Fatalities    |    A to J    |       |    K to Q    |    R to Z    |     Sangamon County, Illinois       Coal Mine Fatalities       Currently -- Prior to June 30, 1919.     Schuyler County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History & Fatalities     Scott County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History, Biographies & Fatalities,     Shelby County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History and Fatalities     St Clair County, Illinois       Coal Mine Fatalities       Currently -- Prior to June 30, 1919.     Tazewell County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including Fatalities and related coal mine histories     Vermilion County, Illinois       Coal Mines - pre 1911 History       Coal Mine Fatalities    |    A to I    |       |    J to R    |    S to Z    |     Wabash County, Illinois       Coal Mines     Washington County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History, Photos and Fatalities     White County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History & Fatalities     Woodford County, Illinois       Coal Mines       including History & Fatalities     Additional Illinois Mining Information :       The Progressive Miners of America and the 1930's       Illinois Mine War "No Backward Step"    by Greg Boozell

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