Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 293, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1918 — Early Use of Coal. [ARTICLE]

Early Use of Coal.

Though wood and turf formed the fuel of our early ancestors, investigations have proved that the Britons, even prior to the Roman occupation, made use of coat But as it was possible to utilize only such coal as lay at or near the surface, the practice did not make headway for many centuries.