. The past and present of Warren County, Illinois : containing a history of the county--its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of Warren County, history of Illinois, Constitution of the United States .. . rlaid by black slate, or a dark colored, and frequently shaley lime-stone. This forms a very good roof and makes the working of the seamless expensive than that of No. 2, as, frequently, but little or no cribbing isrequired. A little e
. The past and present of Warren County, Illinois : containing a history of the county--its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of Warren County, history of Illinois, Constitution of the United States .. . rlaid by black slate, or a dark colored, and frequently shaley lime-stone. This forms a very good roof and makes the working of the seamless expensive than that of No. 2, as, frequently, but little or no cribbing isrequired. A little east of Monmouth is one of the most extensive mining com-panies in the country. Coal of a superior quality was found here, about1871, and active preparations at once commenced to mine at this seam is about twenty inches in thickness, and was found at a depth ofabout sixty feet. A far more valuable industry, and one which occupiesthe almost entire attention of the company—The Monmouth Mining andManufacturing Company—is that of tile making. About thirty feet belowthe coal seam a most valuable strata of tile clav was found, and in 1875,active preparations were at once made to enter immediately upon themanufacture of this article. A stock company, representing $200,000 cap-ital, was foruied, and large buildings were erected and supplied with the.
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