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| | RUSSELL County |
 | | Russell County is one of the central counties of Kansas, it being two hundred and forty-four miles from the Missouri River to the east line of the county, and one hundred and ninty-two (sic) miles from the east line of the county to the west line of the State. |
 | | Holland Bros.' mine is located in the south center of the county, between the line of the Kansas Pacific Railway and the Smoky Hill River, and is operated by means of a shaft, which is sixty-five feet in depth. |
 | | In 1878, the coal mined in Russell County was only five hundred tons, whereas, the statistical record in the office of the County Clerk shows, that in 1882, the amount mined was six thousand one hundred and seventy-five tons, being a little over a ton for every man, woman, and child in the county. |
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