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300-million-year-old fossil found at Webster Co. coal mine

By Matt Hughes, The Journal-Enterprise

The story of coal began long ago on the floor of ancient, dense forests that grew in the midst of swampy wetlands, where organic matter such as plants and algae would sink to the bottom and get compressed under the weight of overlying mud and vegetation. As the plant matter sifted deeper into the ground, away from oxygen, it decomposed at a slower rate than normal, leaving behind most of its carbon in the form of a substance known as peat. With heat, pressure and the passage of time that peat eventually becomes coal.

Miners at Dotiki mining got a reminder about the origins of their product last week when a bit of history fell right out of the ceiling.

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300-million-year-old fossil found at Webster Co. coal mine



2019-07-25 - Webster Co., KY - Photo courtesy The Journal Enterprise.
This 6,300 pounds fossil of an ancient tree trunk was discovered in a Kentucky mine last week.

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