Mine Index 2668 Caledonia Coal Company, Caledonia Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	La Salle unlocated
	County:	La Salle
	Quadrangle:	La Salle
	County Coal Data:	La Salle
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2668


Company Name:	Caledonia Coal Company
Mine Name:	Caledonia Mine
Start Date:	1870	End Date:	1884
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	8-15^[1]	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

La Salle

33N 1E

3

NW NW NW

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Colchester

535-565

3.5

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Shea and John P. Duncan (add)	Caledonia (add)	1870-1881	Unknown^[2]

Mitchell and Duncan (add)	Mitchell and Duncan (add)	1881-1883	38,670

Caledonia Coal Company (add)	Caledonia (add)	1883-1884	8,000

La Salle County Carbon Coal Company (add)	Caledonia (add)	1884-1884	none^[3]


Total Production: 46,670

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)

7-13-1911

1:62500

(text only)^[4]

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Shaft location.

Bedford, Willam T., 1911, Twentieth Anniversary Souvenir Edition; The La Salle Tribune 1891-1911, printed & published at LaSalle, Illinois , re-published by LaSalle County Genealogy Guild, 1996, 206p. - Years of operation, ownership.

ISGS field notes (La Salle County) - Mine location, mine name.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ the reported production indicates approximately 8 to 15 acres were mined (depending on whether the mine was longwall or room-and-pillar).
↑ According to W. T. Bedford in The La Salle Tribune, 1891-1911, the mine opened in 1870, but production before July 1881 is unknown and the date of transfer of ownership to Mitchell & Duncan is unknown. This source also indicates the mine was bought and dismantled by La Salle County Carbon Coal Company. The 1882 Coal Report indicated that 2 acres were mined, and the 1883 Coal Report listed 8 acres mined. The mine may have operated in higher seams before 1880 and the Coal Report listed only the acreage of the lower coal mined. No maps survive of this mine, and the shaft location was not shown on the 1876 Atlas of La Salle County. Mine index 7076 (see the back of this report under “Other Mines Shown on the La Salle Quadrangle”) was shown on the 1876 Atlas and operated nearby, and may be related to the Caledonia Mine.
↑ According to W. T. Bedford in The La Salle Tribune, 1891-1911, the mine opened in 1870, but production before July 1881 is unknown and the date of transfer of ownership to Mitchell & Duncan is unknown. This source also indicates the mine was bought and dismantled by La Salle County Carbon Coal Company. The 1882 Coal Report indicated that 2 acres were mined, and the 1883 Coal Report listed 8 acres mined. The mine may have operated in higher seams before 1880 and the Coal Report listed only the acreage of the lower coal mined. No maps survive of this mine, and the shaft location was not shown on the 1876 Atlas of La Salle County. Mine index 7076 (see the back of this report under “Other Mines Shown on the La Salle Quadrangle”) was shown on the 1876 Atlas and operated nearby, and may be related to the Caledonia Mine.
↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

[1] the reported production indicates approximately 8 to 15 acres were mined (depending on whether the mine was longwall or room-and-pillar).

[2] According to W. T. Bedford in The La Salle Tribune, 1891-1911, the mine opened in 1870, but production before July 1881 is unknown and the date of transfer of ownership to Mitchell & Duncan is unknown. This source also indicates the mine was bought and dismantled by La Salle County Carbon Coal Company. The 1882 Coal Report indicated that 2 acres were mined, and the 1883 Coal Report listed 8 acres mined. The mine may have operated in higher seams before 1880 and the Coal Report listed only the acreage of the lower coal mined. No maps survive of this mine, and the shaft location was not shown on the 1876 Atlas of La Salle County. Mine index 7076 (see the back of this report under “Other Mines Shown on the La Salle Quadrangle”) was shown on the 1876 Atlas and operated nearby, and may be related to the Caledonia Mine.

[3] According to W. T. Bedford in The La Salle Tribune, 1891-1911, the mine opened in 1870, but production before July 1881 is unknown and the date of transfer of ownership to Mitchell & Duncan is unknown. This source also indicates the mine was bought and dismantled by La Salle County Carbon Coal Company. The 1882 Coal Report indicated that 2 acres were mined, and the 1883 Coal Report listed 8 acres mined. The mine may have operated in higher seams before 1880 and the Coal Report listed only the acreage of the lower coal mined. No maps survive of this mine, and the shaft location was not shown on the 1876 Atlas of La Salle County. Mine index 7076 (see the back of this report under “Other Mines Shown on the La Salle Quadrangle”) was shown on the 1876 Atlas and operated nearby, and may be related to the Caledonia Mine.

[4] The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

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