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Indiana Coal Trusts and Giants Shape State’s Rich Fields
The Indiana coal industry is revealed as a vast, interconnected web of syndicates and railroad interests led by John S Bays and Dr J Terhune. Major players include the Dering Coal Company, Indiana Southern Coal Company, and the Cummings Seifert group. Mines span Sullivan, Greene, Vermillion, Vigo, and surrounding counties with output in the millions of tons annually and thousands of cars and workers powering shipments nationwide.
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Indiana
Monte Cristo
Golconda
Indianapolis News
Clay
Daviess
Fountain
Gibson
Greene
Knox
Parke
Perry
Pike
Sullivan
Vanderburg
Vermillion
Vigo
Warrick
New York
San Francisco
John S. Bays
Ind
Bays
Fountain County
Ohio River
Evansville
Tobacco Trust
Illinois
States
J. Terhune
Linton
Terhune
East
Northwest
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Chicago
Dering Coal Company
Delaware
Daniel G. Reid
W. 8
Leeds
Richmond
Moore Brothers
Rock Island Railroad
Old Colony Building
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Westville
Ill
Indiana Fuel Company
Clinton
Edward Shirkie
W.S. Bogle
Brussetts Creek Coal Company
Vermillion County
Sullivan County
Wilfred
Willow Grove
Montgomery Coal Company
Witt
Dering Company
Frisco Railway Company
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Evansville & Terre Haute
Coal Company
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company
Steel Trust
Indiana Coal Mines
Cummingspee Coal Company
Annd J. K. Seifert
J. A. Gilmour
Columbus R. Cummings
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville
South Chicago Railway
Calumet Construction Company
Chicago Gas Company
Indiana Cor
D. M
Mark Cummings
Seifert
United States
Gilmour
Cummings
John §. Bays
Union Mine
Iyndicate Rango
White Ash
Hymera
J. Smith Valley Combine
J. Smith Tulley
Combine
Shirley Hill
Indiana Southern Coal Company
Southern Indiana Coal Company
Joan R. Walsh
Indiana Southern
Sullivan Coal
New York Central Railroad
Vanderbilts
North Jackson Hill Mining Company
The
St. Clair
Cat Arkies
Hymera Coal and Mining Company
Union Coal Company
Ccceeseaee
Bogle Coal and and Dining Company
Kellar Coal Company
Dering
Coal Trust
Indiana Coal
John R. Walsh
Evansville & Richmond
D. J. Mackey
Walsh
Jim’’ Thompson
Southern Indiana
Thompson
Frisco
Linton and Sullivan Fields
Sullivan Field
Linton Field
J. W. Thompson
Jim
F. A. Gageby
A. S. Cost
Mr. Thompson
Midland
Lattas Creek
Southern Indiana Railroad Company
Latta’s Creek
Southern Indiana Railway Company
Greene Counties
New York Central
Dicate
Vanderbilt
Lake Shore
Michigan
Freeman-Dickason
Monon Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Greene County Coal Company
Sullivan Counties
Terre Haute Railroad
Paxton
Curry Township
Shelburn
Illinois Central
Indianapolis Southern
Vandalia
Pennsylvania
Brazil
Seelyville
Dugger
Coalmont
Doctor J. Terhune
Vincennes
Monon
Big Four
Jasonville
Sullivan- Greene County
Greene County
Freeman-Dickason Combine