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|Coal_co=Eureka Coal Company
|Coal_co=Eureka Coal Company
|Mine Name Header=Eureka No. 2 Mine
|Mine Name Header=Eureka No. 1 Mine
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|mined-out-area=None {{#info: According to the Coal Reports, 40 acres were mined before July 1881. The reported production indicates another 45 acres were mined after that estimate. |note}}
|mined-out-area=None {{#info:According to the Coal Reports, 40 acres were mined before July 1881.|note}}
|after_map=45
|after_map=45
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|county1=Will
|county1=Will
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|quad1=Wilmington
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|year-start=1865
|year-start=1865
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|thick-ave=3.0
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|mining-method=LW
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|mining-method_note= (old longwall)
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===Geological Problems Reported===
===Geological Problems Reported===
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|Company=Eureka Coal Company
|Company=Eureka Coal Company
|Mine-Name=Eureka
|Mine-Name=Eureka
|minename_note={{#info: Production for this mine could not be separated from that of Eureka Coal Company No. 2 (mine index 5942). Production before July, 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres had been mined. |note}}
|minename_note={{#info: Production for this mine could not be separated from that of Eureka Coal Company No. 2 (mine index [[5942]]). Production before July, 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres had been mined. |note}}
|Date=ca. 1873-1882
|Date=ca. 1873-1882
|Production=165,000
|Production=165,000
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|Company=Eureka Coal Company
|Company=Eureka Coal Company
|Mine-Name=Eureka No. 1 and No. 2
|Mine-Name=Eureka No. 1 and No. 2
|minename_note={{#info: Production for this mine could not be separated from that of Eureka Coal Company No. 2 (mine index 5942). Production before July, 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres had been mined. |note}}
|minename_note={{#info: Production for this mine could not be separated from that of Eureka Coal Company No. 2 (mine index [[5942]]). Production before July, 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres had been mined. |note}}
|Date=1882-1883
|Date=1882-1883
|Production=180,000
|Production=180,000
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|Company=Eureka Coal Company
|Company=Eureka Coal Company
|Mine-Name=Eureka No. 1
|Mine-Name=Eureka No. 1
|minename_note={{#info: Production for this mine could not be separated from that of Eureka Coal Company No. 2 (mine index 5942). Production before July, 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres had been mined. |note}}
|minename_note={{#info: Production for this mine could not be separated from that of Eureka Coal Company No. 2 (mine index [[5942]]). Production before July, 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres had been mined. |note}}
|Date=1883-1884
|Date=1883-1884
|Production=50,000
|Production=50,000
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{{Source Map
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|Source Map=Atlas
|Source Map=Atlas of Will County
|Map Date=1873
|Map Date=1873
|Original Scale=1:31680
|Original Scale=1:31680
|Digitized Scale=1:31680
|Digitized Scale=1:31680
|Map Type=Secondary source
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Latest revision as of 10:14, June 15, 2022

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Will unlocated
County: Will
Quadrangle: Wilmington
County Coal Data: Will
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:
For more information about Longwall Mining See: History of Longwall Coal Mining In Illinois

Mine Index Number: 5943

Company Name: Eureka Coal Company
Mine Name: Eureka No. 1 Mine
Start Date: Circa 1865 End Date: 1884
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None According to the Coal Reports, 40 acres were mined before July 1881.
Production Indicated Acres: 45 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Will 32N 9E 7 NE SW SW

Geology

For more information about Longwall Mining See: History of Longwall Coal Mining In Illinois
Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Colchester 100-125 3.0 LW (old longwall)

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Rhodes Coal Company Rhodes 1865-ca. 1873 unknown
Eureka Coal Company EurekaProduction for this mine could not be separated from that of Eureka Coal Company No. 2 (mine index 5942). Production before July, 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres had been mined. ca. 1873-1882 165,000
Eureka Coal Company Eureka No. 1 and No. 2Production for this mine could not be separated from that of Eureka Coal Company No. 2 (mine index 5942). Production before July, 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres had been mined. 1882-1883 180,000
Eureka Coal Company Eureka No. 1Production for this mine could not be separated from that of Eureka Coal Company No. 2 (mine index 5942). Production before July, 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres had been mined. 1883-1884 50,000
Total Production: 395,000

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Atlas of Will County 1873 1:31680 1:31680 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
Atlas Map of Will County, Illinois, compiled & published by Thompson Brothers & Burr, Elgin, Illinois, 1873 - Shaft location and identification.
History of Will County - Ownership, years of operation.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

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