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Joe Angleton, Office Director
The Office of Mines
and Minerals is comprised of four divisions: Land Reclamation Division, Division
of Oil and Gas, Division of Mine Safety and Training (which through consolidation
includes the office's previous Blasting and Explosives Division), and the Division
of Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation. Within these divisions, the office regulates
mining, and oil and gas operations throughout the State of Illinois. It regulates
the possession, use, and storage of explosives and enforces various acts which
govern the mining industry. The office is charged with ensuring the health and
safety of the thousands of workers in these fields and administers the Abandoned
Mined Land Reclamation program. 
In addition, the office
is involved in an educational outreach program where it educates children and
adults on mining; its products and their uses. The office maintains a trailer
which travels the state to give school children and organizations a museum like
setting to learn about the industry and how its products affect our lives.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Cherry Mine Disaster in Bureau County, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library will open an exhibit entitled "the Flames Caught Us." The exhibit is free to the public and will run from on November 1, 2009, through March 31, 2010. For more information on the exhibit, visit www.alplm.org/events/cherry_mine.html.
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