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" ... DISCOVERY. Though La Salle in his hypothecated descent from the headwaters of the Allegheny to the Falls of the Ohio in 1669-703 would have passed by the eastern Kentucky coal field, he left no record indicating that he found coal during these explorations.... "
Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States - Page 37
by Heinrich Ries - 1910 - 589 pages
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Mineral Resources of the United States

United States. Bureau of Mines - Digital images - 1906 - 1424 pages
...United States is contained in the journal of Father Hennepin, a Jesuit missionary, who in 1679 recorded a "cole mine" on the Illinois River near the present city of Ottawa, 111. The first actual mining of coal was in the Richmond basin, Va., about 70 years after Father Hennepin's...
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Geology of the Lewistown Coal Field, Montana

William R. Calvert - Coal - 1909 - 556 pages
...is contained in the journal of Father Hennepin, a French missionary, who, as early as 1079. reported a "cole mine'' on the Illinois River, near the present city of Ottawa. The earliest record of actual mining is that coal was produced in Jackson County in 1810. In 1833 the...
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Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey

Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1909 - 248 pages
...contained in the journal of Father Hennepin, a French missionary, who, as early as lf>79, reported a " cole mine " on the Illinois River, near the present city of Ottawa. The earliest record of actual mining is that coal was produced in Jackson County in 1810. In 1 833...
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Proceedings of the Joint Conservation Conference, Washington, D.C ..., Volume 3

United States. National Conservation Commission - 1909 - 862 pages
...is contained in the journal of Father Hcnnepin, a French missionary, who, as early as 1679, reported a " cole mine " on the Illinois River, near the present city of Ottawa. The earliest record of actual mining is that coal was produced in Jackson County in 1810. In 1833 the...
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Cooperative Coal Mining Series: Bulletin

Illinois State Geological Survey - Coal mines and mining - 1913 - 1212 pages
...is contained in the journal of the Jesuit Missionary, Father Heimepin, who as early as 1679 reported a "cole" mine on the Illinois River near the present city of Ottawa. The recorded output to the close of 1911 approximates 850 million tons, a record surpassed in this...
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Economic Geology

Heinrich Ries - 1916 - 1358 pages
...cannel coals and coals with very high volatile are under C. D. Subbituminous coals, and the lignites. Production of Coal. — The first mention of coal...seventy years later. The first records of production are COAL COAL RESERVES OF THE WORLD (IN MILLION TONS) 53 United Stolen Eastern fields . . Interior fields...
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History of Colorado, Volume 1

Wilbur Fiske Stone - Colorado - 1918 - 950 pages
...mention of coal beds in the United States is made in the journal of Father Hennepin, a French missionary, who, in 1679, recorded the site of a "cole" mine on...River, near the present City of Ottawa, Illinois. The first actual mining of coal was in the Richmond Basin, Virginia, about seventy years after Father...
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The Coal Industry in Kentucky: An Historical Sketch

Willard Rouse Jillson - Coal - 1922 - 124 pages
...indicating that he found coal during these explorations. To Father Hennepin,4 a French Jesuit missionary, who in 1679 recorded the site of a "cole mine" on...Illinois river near the present city of Ottawa, Illinois, must be given the credit for first noting the occurrence and practical use of coal in the United 3...
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Kentucky Geological Survey, Volume 20

Geology - 1924 - 188 pages
...indicating that he found coal during these explorations. To Father Hennepin,4 a French Jesuit Missionary, who in 1679 recorded the site of a "cole mine" on the Illinois river near the present city of Ottowa, Illinois, must be given the credit for first noting the occurrence and practical use of coal...
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Series 6: Geologic reports, Volume 20

Kentucky Geological Survey - Coal mines and mining - 1924 - 188 pages
...indicating that he found coal during these explorations. To Father Hennepin,4 a French Jesuit Missionary, who in 1679 recorded the site of a "cole mine" on the Illinois river near the present city of Ottowa, Illinois, must be given the credit for first noting the occurrence and practical use of coal...
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