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Photos

Simco-Peabody Coal Co #5 U.G. Mine belt line over top of State Route 83 South that collasped in early part of 1978.
Simco-Peabody Coal Co. #7 U.G. Mine Outside November 23, 1975- Coal belt line leaving the mine and going over to the Simco-Peabody Coal's Surface Mine Belt Line.
Simco-Peabody Coal Co.U.G. Mine November 23, 1975, Coal Mine track entry- L to R  , Gary Garbus.
April 1962- Simco-Peabody Coal Co. #1 U.G. Mine - Outside track entry for the #1 Mine.
Peabody Coal Co. Broken Arrow Surface Mine located west of Coshocton, Ohio just off State Route 541 West. Dragline Shovel, notice the little water truck in front of the dragline.
October 1974- Simco-Peabody Coal Co. Coal Chief Shovel crossing State Route 83 South just beyond the Wills Creek Bridge, Coal Chief Shovel is at left side of picture.
Simco-Peabody Coal Co. Coal Chief Shovel, Plainfield, Ohio.
Peabody Coal Co. Sunnyhill U.G. Coal Complex's #9 North, Located in New Lexington, Ohio.
Picture taken out of Coshocton Tribune October 16,1994. Where now you can drive up Sheridan Road and see houses on the left and the right, was once the scene of the Tom Williams Coal Mines. Pictured is the mine entrance in 1901, taken from a view just off of Cambridge Road. Contributor- Mrs. George E. Miller is a resident of Coshocton, Ohio.
Peabody Coal Co. #9 North Sunnyhill U.G. Mine track entry, 1985.
Peabody Coal Co. #9 South Sunnyhill U.G. Mine, Mark Wharton- Getting ready to inspect this mine for  Ohio Division Of Mines, 1985.
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Top Photo Left- Martin Kovalski and his wife a few moments after his rescue from the Powhatan Mining Company Betsy #3 mine. Martin was trapped for 15 hours after the mine roof collapsed on June 26,1957, Photo courtesy of Forrest Walton.

Top Right = Child coal miner, circa 1900. Location unknown.
Photo from Coshocton Tribune Sunday December 28, 1997. Caption reads = In 1918, Florence Sapp, one of the few women working in local coal mines, wore high-heeled shoes. Florence's daughter is Mary Jennungs of Coshocton, Ohio; granddaughter is Ruth Fouch of Plainfield, Ohio; great-grandaughter is LuAnn Fox of Coshocton, Ohio; and great-great-granddaughter is Kristen Fox of Coshocton, Ohio.
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List of Donors

Montgomery Foundation $25,000.00
Oxford Resource Partners $3,000.00
Charles Ungurean $3,000.00
Tom Ungurean $3,000.00
Coshocton Foundation $2,500.00
Names Below Have Contributed $1,000.00
AEP Ohio
Arthur "Sam", Jean Ann, Joanie & Sammy Bennett
Ronald & Debra (Bennett) Brown Wilma Bennett
Community Action Fund
Coshocton County Memorial Hospital
Frase, Weir, Baker, McCullough LPA; Co.
Paul & Susan (Tyson) Rea
UMWA Local Union # 1188
Rock Tenn
WTNS Radio

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