Coal Mining at Leon, 1907

SHARP

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/1/2015 at 13:21:33

The Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, July 14, 1938

IOWA TERRITORIAL CENTENNIAL EDITION

Back about 1907 prospecting for coal was underway on what was then the Ed Sharp farm just west of the Burlington tracks and west of town. Coal was found in a good sized vein but was never developed.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2015

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