Dear Jim:
Take a look at the INPCRP archives for April through June 2000 at:
http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IN/misc.html#INPCRP
That's when we went head to head with Black Beauty Coal Company over Braner
Cemetery up in Sullivan County, Indiana. The big difference there was that
Peabody Coal took the liberty of running its LOGGING EQUIPMENT through the
cemetery, demolishing each and every one of the stones, before filing their
"Petition to Disinter" the cemetery.
Through the concerted efforts of dozens of good folks on this list, we were
able to create a firestorm of negative publicity in Sullivan County and, on
a broad platform, in the Indianapolis Star. (God bless Bill Shaw!!)
The battle went on until June 5, 2000, when Black Beauty Coal withdrew its
Petition to Disinter in Sullivan Superior Court. I haven't heard any
reports in recent years on the current fate of the cemetery. There was
literally nothing left above ground to restore except for a couple of tiny
fragments.
Jim, it sounds like this company in Illinois is hoping to avoid "disturbing"
the graves by mining underneath them instead of incurring the expense of
relocating them. I am still troubled by the proposal.
Lois
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mezo, Jim" <Jim.Mezo(a)cinergy.com>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:59 AM
Subject: RE: [INPCRP] New story
Here is a new one to me. At a cemetery in Illinois they are planning
to
mine coal from under the cemetery. I understand the plan is to lay all
the monuments down before mining, but I don't know if they plan to reset
them or not. Have you ever heard of such a thing?
Have a great day,
Jim