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==Brief History of Longwall Coal Mining in Illinois== | __NOTOC__==Brief History of Longwall Coal Mining in Illinois== | ||
By Robert A. Bauer, Illinois State Geological Survey (7-2015) | By Robert A. Bauer, Illinois State Geological Survey (7-2015) | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Revision as of 11:17, January 25, 2021
Brief History of Longwall Coal Mining in Illinois
By Robert A. Bauer, Illinois State Geological Survey (7-2015)
Introduction
The first longwall coal mining started in the late 1600s in Great Britain and was first used in Illinois in 1856. The earliest longwall mining had all parts of the operation performed by hand and utilized many different extraction designs. Over time, various parts of the longwall mine operation were mechanized culminating in the 1950s and 1960s when it became fully-mechanized with specifically designed equipment for the operation.
Pre-Fully Mechanized Longwalls
Longwall Coal Mining Started in Great Britain
The longwall coal mining method started about 175 years before appearing in Illinois. Mining historians find that the longwall method started in Great Britain in the late 1600s in Shropshire County (Galloway 1882, Hatcher 1993). Flinn (1984) notes that from 1700 on, in Great Britain, there was a national trend away from room-and-pillar mining toward the longwall method to a point that by 1900, seventy-five percent of the coal produced was by the longwall method (Church 1986).
Longwall Coal Mines Entered into the Wiki
| Company, Mine Name | |
|---|---|
| 0001 | Spring Valley Coal Company, Spring Valley No. 5 Mine |
| 0002 | Kenosha Coal Company, Oglesby Mine Oglesby Coal Company, Oglesby Mine |
| 0003 | La Salle Coal Mining Company, La Salle Mine La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, La Salle Mine |
| 0004 | Hamilton, Hodge, and Monser, Hamilton, Hodge, and Monser Mine Wenona Coal Company, Wenona No. 1 Mine |
| 0005 | Wilmington Star Mining Company, Wilmington Star No. 7 Mine |
| 0006 | Big Four Wilmington Coal Company, Big Four Wilmington No. 6 Mine Big Four Wilmington Coal Company, E Mine |
| 0007 | Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, S Mine Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion No. 1 Mine |
| 0008 | George H. Locey, Locey Mine Marquette Third Vein Coal Company, Marquette Mine A. O. Marshall, Locey Mine Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, Loceyville Mine |
| 0009 | Illinois Zinc Company, Deer Park Mine |
| 0010 | St. Paul Coal Company, St. Paul No. 2 Mine Cherry Coal Company, Cherry Mine Cherry Coal Mining Corporation, Cherry Mine |
| 0011 | Devlin Coal Company, Devlin No. 1 (two seams) Mine Devlin Coal Company, Devlin No. 3 (two seams) Mine Devlin Coal Company, Third Vein, No. 1 Mine Devlin Coal Company, Second Vein, No. 2 Mine Toluca Coal Company, Toluca No. 1 and No. 2 Mine |
| 0021 | Assumption Coal and Mining Company, Assumption Mine |
| 0041 | Niantic Coal and Mining Company, Niantic Mine City Coal Company, Niantic Mine Niantic Coal Company, Niantic Mine Decatur Coal Company, Niantic, Decatur No. 3 Mine Niantic Mining Company, Niantic Mine Niantic Carbon Coal Company, Niantic Mine Farmers Coal and Supply Company, Niantic Mine |
| 0042 | Macon County Coal Company, Macon County No. 1 Mine Manufacturers and Consumers Coal Company, Manufacturers and Consumers No. 1 Mine |
| 0100 | McLean County Coal Company, McLean No. 1 Mine |
| 0102 | La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, Cedar Point Mine |
| 0103 | William Magher, Magher Mine Emerson Hakes, Hakes Mine Northern Illinois Coal Corporation, Northern Mine Mrs. Emerson Hakes, Hakes Mine Rutland Coal Company, Rutland Mine Hakes-Lyon Coal Company, Rutland No. 2 Mine Rutland Coal Company, Rutland No. 2 Mine U. S. Coal and Coke Company, Rutland No. 2 Mine Rutland Mining Company, Rutland No. 1 Mine Rutland Second Vein Company, Rutland Mine |
| 0123 | Decatur Coal Company, Decatur No. 2 Mine Macon County Coal Company, Macon County No. 2 Mine |
| 0216 | Johnson Cooperative Coal Company, Johnson No. 1 Mine West End Coal Company, West End Mine Fairbury West End Coal Company, West End Mine Fairbury Coal Company, West Mine William Morris, West Mine |
| 0224 | Murphy, Keenan and Company, Murphy and Keenan No. 4 Mine Murphy, Linskey and Kasher, Murphy, Linskey and Kasher No. 4 Mine |
| 0231 | Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Company, Matthiessen and Hegeler Mine |
| 0238 | Northern Illinois Coal and Iron Company, Carbon Mine La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, La Salle County No. 2 Mine La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, Rockwell Mine |
| 0240 | Whitebreast Fuel Company, A Mine Whitebreast Fuel Company, B Mine Illinois Third Vein Coal Company, Ladd Mine |
| 0241 | Seaton Brothers, Seaton Mine Spring Valley Coal Company, Spring Valley No. 4 Mine Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, Seatonville Mine |
| 0242 | Spring Valley Coal Company, Spring Valley No. 3 Mine Spring Valley Coal Mining Company, Spring Valley No. 3 Mine |
| 0243 | Spring Valley Coal Company, Spring Valley No. 1 Mine |
| 0259 | Wilmington Star Mining Company, Wilmington Star No. 6 Mine |
| 0260 | Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion No. 2 Mine |
| 0273 | Illinois Valley Coal Company, Illinois Valley Mine La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, Jones Mine |
| 0276 | Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Co., C., W. and V. (Third) No. 2 Mine Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Co., C., W. and V. No. 2 Mine |
| 0278 | B. F. Fox, Fox Mine Mt. Pulaski Coal Company, Mt. Pulaski Mine Union Coal Company, Union Mine Home Coal Company, Home Mine Mutual Coal Company, Mutual Mine Mt. Pulaski Colliery Company, Mt. Pulaski Mine Mt. Pulaski Miners Association, Mt. Pulaski Mine |
| 0286 | Sparland Coal Company, Sparland Mine Cumming and Company, Cumming Mine Marquette Coal Company, Marquette Mine Marquette Third Vein Coal Company, Marquette Third Vein No. 1 Mine Fulton County Coal Company, Fulton County No. 1 Mine |
| 0298 | Prairie State Coal Company, Prairie State Mine St. Paul Coal Company, St. Paul No. 1 Mine |
| 0299 | B. F. Berry, Berry Mine |
| 0358 | James Cahill, Cahill Mine James Cahill Estate, Cahill Mine Cahill Coal Company, Cahill Mine Illinois Zinc Company, Illinois Zinc No. 3 Mine Peru Deep Vein Coal Company, Illinois Zinc No. 3 Mine United Coal Company, Illinois Zinc No. 3 Mine |
| 0404 | Marseilles Coal Mining Company, Marseilles Mine Manufacturers Coal Company, Galloway Mine South Side Coal Company, South Side Mine Illinois Valley Coal Company, Illinois Valley Mine Marseilles and Ottawa Coal Company, Marseilles and Ottawa Mine Marseilles Co-operative Coal Company, Marseilles Co-operative Mine Marseilles Land and Water Improvement Company, Marseilles Mine |
| 0410 | Minonk Coal Company, Minonk Mine Miner T. Ames (Chicago and Minonk), Minonk Mine Chicago and Minonk Coal and Coke Company, Chicago and Minonk Mine Chicago and Minonk Coal and Tile Works, Chicago and Minonk Mine abandoned Mine Minonk Coal Company, Minonk No. 2 Mine W. G. Sutton, Minonk No. 2 Mine |
| 0445 | Chenoa Coal and Mining Company, Chenoa Mine Davis Coal Company, Davis Mine Ferguson and Jones, Chenoa Mine C. H. Hewitt Coal Company, Chenoa Mine Davis Coal Company, Davis No. 1 Mine Chenoa Coal Company, Chenoa No. 1 Mine Berwick Coal Company, Chenoa Mine Consumers Coal Company, Chenoa Mine Illinois Coal Mining and Coke Company, Chenoa Mine Easterly Coal and Mining Company, Chenoa Mine |
| 0611 | Peter Belsley, Roanoke Mine Roanoke Coal and Mining Company, Roanoke No. 1 Mine Roanoke Coal Company, Roanoke No. 1 Mine J. T. Barron, Roanoke No. 1 Mine Roanoke Coal and Tile Company, Roanoke No. 1 Mine Roanoke Coal Company, Roanoke Mine |
| 0645 | Star Coal Company, Ripley Mine Streator Wilmington Star Coal Company, Star No. 1 Mine Star Coal Company, Star No. 1 Mine |
| 0755 | La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, Union Mine Union Coal Company, Union Mine United Coal Company, Union Mine |
| 0757 | Cardiff Coal Company, Cardiff No. 1 Mine Cardiff Coal Company, Cardiff No. 2 Mine |
| 0759 | Decatur Coal Company, Decatur No. 1 Mine |
| 0828 | Frank Lowery, Lowery (Springfield Coal) Mine Lowery Estate, Lowery (Springfield Coal) Mine A. Beharelle and Company, Lowery (Springfield Coal) Mine Third Vein Coal Company, Orchard; Third Vein No. 2 Mine Frank Lowery, Lowery (Colchester Coal) Mine Lowery Estate, Lowery (Colchester Coal) Mine A. Beharelle, Lowery (Colchester Coal) Mine |
| 0847 | Freeman Coal Mining Corporation, Orient No. 5 Mine |
| 0863 | Old Ben Coal Corporation, Old Ben No. 21 Mine |
| 0866 | Old Ben Coal Corporation, Old Ben No. 24 Mine |
| 0877 | Inland Steel Coal Company, Inland Mine Consolidation Coal Company, Rend Lake Mine Consol Energy, Inc., Rend Lake Mine |
| 0879 | Old Ben Coal Corporation, Old Ben No. 26 Mine |
| 0885 | Freeman Coal Mining Corporation, Orient No. 6 Mine Freeman United Coal Mining Company, Orient No. 6 Mine |
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