'Widow makers' give view of ancient plants
Sunday, September 15, 2002
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Old-time coal miners called them "widow makers." They are hard mineral formations that cropped up in seams of coal, damaged mining equipment and sometimes dropped from a mine roof onto the head of an unfortunate miner.
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