Mine Index Number: 2678
| Company Name:
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Hydraulic Press Brick Company
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| Mine Name:
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Hydraulic Press Brick Mine
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| Start Date:
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1941
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End Date:
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1959
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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17[1]
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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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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| Pit
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LaSalle
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33N-2E
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21
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S 1/2 NW
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Geology
| Colchester
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10-14
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|
|
2.5
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Surface
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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
| Microfilm, document 350389
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3-28-1977
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1:1200
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Unknown
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Final
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| Company, 4103.L32 i5.3-1
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2-24-1969
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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| Coal Section files, 6-85e
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 350389, reel 03132, frame 160 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.3-1 - Mine outline (northern part).
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| Coal Section files, Colchester Coal overburden map, 6-85e - Mine outline (northern part).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates approximately 5 acres were mined. The map may represent the area mined for clay as well the coal.
- ↑ Idle 1943-1947
