Collecting Fossil Plants and Animals
in the Pennsylvanian Deposits of the Will County, Illinois Coal Measures
The Field Notes of George Langford, Sr. in the Years 1937-1960.
Prepared and organized by George Langford, Jr., 1973.
Copyright George Langford, III, 2010
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Table of Contents - Book I (1937-1938)
Title page - Book I - 1937-1938 - George Langford, Sr.
Page
Topic
1-2
Natural Science for the amateur.
3-6
Coal Flora of Will County, Illinois.
7-8
The Langford Coal Measures Fossil Collection.
9-11
Strip coal mines of Will County, Illinois.
12-20
Field work in the strip mines,
especially the Pig Pen area.
21-23
Indoor work and Developing the fossils.
24-31
Strip coal mining; revisiting localities; and
The Eurypterus Locality.
32-33
Braidwood Coal Company mines.
34-35
The Dragon Fly locality;
and examining a freshly dug geological cross section.
36-37
Strip mine - Grundy County, Illinois; and
back to the old collecting places.
38-41
The Tipple area.
42
Summary of field work in the strip coal mines.