timing:
- 1810 - present day
resource list:
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Old King Coal Festival - West Frankfort IL
held each May
Tales & Trails of Illinois
by Stu Fliege
chapter 9
"Black Diamonds" Along the Big Muddy: Illinois's First Coal Mine
chapter 28
Illinois's Worst Coal Mine Disaster: The Cherry Mine Fire
Tell Me a Story: Memories of Early Life Around the Coal Fields of Illinois
Coal Research Center, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
- "This booklet contains essays written by senior citizens about their experiences with coal mining in southern Illinois from the late 1800s through the 1950s. The essays were finalists in a writing competition held during Coal Awareness Week in October 1990. Coal Awareness Week was held by the Office of Coal Development and Marketing, of the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources, and by the Coal Research Center at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale."
Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Oct 18, 1956
Southern Illinois Coal: A Portfolio
photographs by C. William Horrell
Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth
by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
Buried Sunlight: The Story of Coal
by Raymond Janssen
"Coal - Black Diamonds" chapter
in It's Fun to Know Why, pp.21-30
handouts from SIU Climate Action Plan presentation given by the
Senior Engineer, Facilities & Energy Management, SIU Physical Plant
(how is the university going to eliminate its use of coal by 2050?)
we have learned about Coal in the past in
Stories of Household Items - Jun 2024
Art History: Friedensreich Hundertwasser - Apr 2025
artifacts:
lump of coal (it's a rock... but not a mineral!)
found at a student's 1930s-era house that had a coal chute
coal chute illustration in Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
special guest:
coal miner
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