Mine Index Number: 3615
Company Name:
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Superior Mining Company
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Mine Name:
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Valley Mine
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Start Date:
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1901
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End Date:
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1921
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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104 Valley Mine was connected underground to Superior Mine (mine index 78) for haulage), as well as to Victor Mine (mineindex 4331).
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Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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Main shaft
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St. Clair
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2N 9W
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36
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SE SE SE
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Air shaft
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St. Clair
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2N 9W
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36
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SE SE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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[[Superior Mining Company The 1930 map's title block lists the operator as West Virginia Coal Company of Missouri. Production was not listed in the Coal Reports under that name.]]
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Valley
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1918-1921
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102,570
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Property "Company" (as page type) with input value "Superior Mining Company The 1930 map's title block lists the operator as West Virginia Coal Company of Missouri. Production was not listed in the Coal Reports under that name." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
State archive, IL_221
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2-2-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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State archive, IL_221 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.
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Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company Map: IL_221
Map Date: 2-2-1930
Coal Co.: Superior Mining Company
Mine Name: Valley Mine
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
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