The gold outline is the underground location of the Blomgren Four Star coal mine as shown on the Iowa Mines website. The black dot is the entrance to the slope mine.The dark green pasture that sits above the mine is the original 40 acres of land owned by the Blomgren family in the early 1900’s and is now a cattle ranch owned by Dave and Liz Larson. The red dot is the location of the former Bloom house that is now owned by Mark and Lisa Keeton. The K road is the road running north/south(650th Ave) in northern Monroe County. The county line road between Monroe and Mahaska is the east/west road(340th St.). The mine is in Mahaska County. The Blomgren farmhouse and barn sat directly along the Country Line Road approximately half way between the property lines.