Mine Index Number: 3829
| Company Name:
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Electric Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Electric No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1911
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End Date:
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February 1919
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None Production indicates approximately 120 acres were mined.
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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This area was later surface mined by United Electric No. 4 Mine (mine index 3830). Some areas of underground workings may not have been surface mined, but the extent and amount is too uncertain to depict on the accompanying map.
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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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| Shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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17
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SW SW NE
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Geology
| Danville
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86-121
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|
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5.25-6.0
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RP
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Section mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Caption: Pit hole filled with rubbish at the Electric mine near Danville
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 35 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-822
