Yes, I remember this........ I used to think that they WERE mountains! My dad told me so! :-) Martha Delta589@aol.com wrote: > There were several coal mines in the Cherry and Ladd area. There was a great > mine disaster in the early 1900's at Cherry. Many miners died, and the mine > never reopened. The great slag heaps were still there as I was growing up, > and may still be there looking like small mountains. > > Rose Caster (From Mendota in LaSalle County)