The promise of a better life
Subtitle: the coal mines of Eastern Bureau County, Illionis
By: by Jim Piacenti
Publisher: Locust Street Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ladd, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780615450711
Subjects: Coal mines and mining; History
Description: The history of the Bureau County mines from the early 1880s to mid-1920s including the mines of Cherry, Coal Hollow, Dalzell, Ladd, Loceyville/Marquette, Seatonville, Spring Creek and Spring Valley as well as details of the mining industry, the labor unions that formed, and the strikes, suspensions, riots and anarchy that marked the times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-208).