This is Throwback Thursday #266. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc …), please send them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! email:esconi.info@gmail.com.

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We visited the Braidwood Historical Society last weekend to drop of some more chunks of coal.  

They bag the coal up and sell it, mostly for Christmas.

This was our third visit.  Have a look at Throwback Thursday #183 and Throwback Thursday #214 for our previous stops there.  Back in #214, we dropped off the very large chunk of coal found by Roger Sesterhenn at the Danville Spring trip.  The historical society made it part of one of their mining displays.  Here’s Roger with the prize piece of coal!

And, here it is on display…. including some of the original clay.

I didn’t notice the coal sculptures on my previous trips.  The sculptures are quite good!  And, light, as they are made of pure coal.