The speaker at our June 14, 2019 meeting will be Michele Micetich. Her program is about the Diamond Mine Disaster that occurred in 1883 at the Diamond No. 2 mine near Coal City, IL. Michele is curator of the Carbon Hill School Museum in Carbon Hill, IL. It a great place to learn what life was like in and around the coal mines of the early 1900s. You can learn more on their website.
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June 11, 2019
Reminder: ESCONI June General Meeting on June 14th, 2019 at 8:00 PM - The 1883 Diamond Mine Disaster
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