Editing Seymour, Iowa (section)

==History==
The first coal mines in Seymour were opened in 1884. In 1902, the [[Numa, Iowa|Numa]] Block Coal Company took over these mines.<ref>James H. Lees, History of Coal Mining in Iowa, Chapter III of [https://books.google.com/books?id=1BUMAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA540&pg=PA540 Annual Report, 1908], Iowa Geological Survey, 1909, page 540.</ref>  In 1908, the largest coal mine in Appanoose-Wayne Coalfield was Numa Block number 2, known as "Big Jim." "Big Jim" was located just {{convert|1|mi}} east of the [[Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway]] Depot, and was able to produce 100,000 tons of coal per year at full capacity.  The [[Mystic, Iowa|Mystic]] coal seam was just over {{convert|2|ft}} thick here, reached by a {{convert|202|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} shaft.  Numa Block Mine number 3, the Sunshine Mine, was in the southeast part of town, served by the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific|Rock Island]], with a {{convert|240|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} shaft to the Mystic seam.<ref>Henry Hinds, The Coal Deposits of Iowa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=zPbUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA280 Annual Report, 1908], Iowa Geological Survey, 1909, page 260.</ref>

In 1884, Local Assembly 3143 of the [[Knights of Labor]], based in Seymour, had 40 members.<ref>Part III, Labor Organizations: Knights of Labor, [https://books.google.com/books?id=nps3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA55 First Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the State of Iowa], Geo. E. Roberts, Des Moines, 1885; page 55.</ref>  In 1912, [[United Mine Workers]] Local 206 in Seymour had 299 members, approximately 13% of the entire population.<ref>Tally Sheet, [https://books.google.com/books?id=cfAUAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA1005 Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Convention of the United Mine Workers of America] Jan. 16 – Feb. 2, 1912, Indianapolis; Volume 2, page 180A.</ref>

On [[Tornado outbreak of March 6–7, 2017|March 6, 2017]], an EF-2 tornado (confirmed by National Weather Service WFO, Des Moines, IA damage survey) hit Seymour at approximately 8:00 pm CST, damaging homes and the high school.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyiowegian.com/news/local_news/new-seymour-school-building/article_72663776-dc99-55ee-bf1a-925f5f191d7e.html|title=New Seymour school building?|last=Schaffer|first=Michael|work=Daily Iowegian|access-date=2017-03-07|language=en}}</ref>