Mine Index Number: 0094
| Company Name:
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Electric Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Electric Mine
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| Start Date:
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1903
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End Date:
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April 1914
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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285
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The mine may have been partially surface mined at a later date by Harmattan Mine (mine index 0673).
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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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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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10
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NE NW SW [1]
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Geology
| Danville
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96-108
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4.0-5.0
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7.0
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5.5-6.0
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RP, HER[2]
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was 0 to 3 feet of black shale that slaked readily on contact with air, and which was overlain by 40 to 50 feet of gray shale. A former stream channel cut down to within 10 feet of the coal. Where the rooms struck this roof, the roof fell and let in sand and a great deal of water. Gas was occasionally found in pockets in the coal. Numerous horsebacks, rolls, and sulfur balls were present in the roof. The seam contained a persistent clay band 6 to 10 inches above the floor. The clay band varied from a knife-edge to 2 inches thick, and contained considerable sulfur. The top 6 inches of underclay heaved considerably.
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: 1,408,684
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Federal Land Bank Report
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1-1934
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1:105000
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1:105000
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Secondary source
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| ISGS mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [4]
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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 (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, air shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems, mining method.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Vermilion County) - Mine outline, shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine notes indicate the air shaft is 3,000 feet south of the hoist shaft, which would place the air shaft in section 15-T19N-R12W.
- ↑ According to the mine notes, some pillars were drawn where the roof permitted.
- ↑ The mine manager in 1908 was W. B. Reid.
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
