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| | Goose Lake Area |
 | | The coal measures in Goose Lake Township roughly follow a line from the mouth of the Kankakee River to Goose Lake Slough, then west to the west end of the slough, and then in a northwesterly direction to the Illinois River in section 32. |
 | | Fifty-ton trucks were used in the later years of stripmining in Goose Lake Township to haul the coal out of the pits to Dell Abby, where it was loaded in gondolas for shipment to the tipple via the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. |
 | | The "Northern" moved its machinery and draglines from Goose Lake Township, southeast of Braceville in 1950-51, and continued operation there until September 14, 1974, when the last coal was mined in the county. |
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