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Submitted by: Mike Ballou In 1857, Professor Swallow, the Missouri State Geologist came to Nebraska and declared there were millions of tons of this under a Nebraska town. What was this geological phenomena and what town was it under? Point here for John McCoy's answer ---> Coal, and the town was Brownville.

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