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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. Read more at journalenterprise.com Subscription required to read article This story was posted on 2019-07-25 10:06:39
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