A notable number and variety of well preserved plant fossils have been
produced from a locality along Court Creek in East Galesburg. The Rock
Island (No. 1) Coal is mined in the area and the fossils appear to have
come from the shale overlying it.
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Fossil plants also have been found in shales above the Colchester (No.
2) Coal in the vicinity of DeLong and with the Herrin (No. 6) Coal in
mines southeast of Victoria.