Mine Index Number: 0025
| Company Name:
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Clark Coal and Coke Company
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| Mine Name:
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Empire No. 2 mine
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| Start Date:
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1904
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End Date:
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January 1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,267
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The mined area shown on the accompanying map includes the Empire No. 2 Mine, Hilltop Mine (mine index 3031) and New Star Mine (mine index 7211).
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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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Peoria
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8N 7E
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10
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SE NW SE [1]
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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10
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SE NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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15
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NW SW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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90-185
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3.0
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4.5
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4.0
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RPP [2]
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof consisted of 2 inches of draw slate with 2 to 12 inches of dark shale above. Sometimes a thin limestone band was found in the shale, but the cap rock was generally 18 inches of sandstone. The shale always came down where it was thin, and frequent concretions were noted in the shale. The roof was considered poor. Clay slips were sometimes encountered. The seam was uniform with no persistent bands of impurities. Pyrite nodules were occasionally encountered, and pyrite was also seen in vertical streaks.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 3,757,592
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352149
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Undated
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1:2400
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1:4965
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Undated
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Shaft location, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352149, reel 03138, frames 170-173 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Empire|Empire]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/peoria/thumbnails/m0025_IL_2608_05_geo_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_2608_05
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| Company:
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Clark Coal and Coke Company
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| Mine Name:
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Empire
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Undated
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0025 IL 2608 05 geo
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/peoria/m0025 IL 2608 05 geo.zip
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 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Library
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| Map ID:
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4103.P41 i5.1-35
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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10-29-1917
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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Pc2
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/peoria/pc2.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This shaft location is the same as the concurrently-operating Star Mine (mine index 7211). No separate shaft could be found on the source map.
- ↑ Pillars were drawn where possible
