Mine Index Number: 0097
| Company Name:
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Chicago Collieries Company
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| Mine Name:
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Chicago Collieries No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1907
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End Date:
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July 1921
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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44
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| Acres after map date:
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13
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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 13W
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35
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SW SW NW
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| Air shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 13W
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34
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NW SW NW
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Geology
| Danville
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185-236
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4.5
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5.75
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5.0-5.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was 2 to 6 feet of dark gray shale that contained sulphur balls and broke in slabs that fell if not propped. Roof rolls and horsebacks, generally trending northeast-southwest, were present, but few in number. The contact between the shale and coal was very irregular. Beds of black jack, sulphur, bone, and dirt were scattered throughout the coal seam. Some were persistent, while the rest were lenticular. Sulphur balls, distributed irregularly throughout the coal seam, were present over the entire mine.
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: 263,695
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, msha_725_01
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6-1-1920
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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| State archive, msha_778_01
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7-1914
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, 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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| State archive, msha_725_01- Shaft locations, mine outline (northern part of mine), mining method.
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| State archive, msha_778_01 - Mine outline (southern part of mine).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Bennett Station|Bennett Station]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/thumbnails/m0097_MSHA_778_01_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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msha_778_01
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| Company:
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Fairmount Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Bennett Station
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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07-1914
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Used for the southern part of the mine outline.
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| More Info:
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M0097 MSHA 778 01
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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/vermilion/m0097 MSHA 778 01.zip
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![[[:Bennett Station|Bennett Station]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/thumbnails/m0097_MSHA_725_01_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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msha_725_01
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| Company:
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Chicago Collieries Company
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| Mine Name:
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Bennett Station
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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06-01-1920
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Used for the northern part of the mine outline and shaft locations.
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| More Info:
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M0097 MSHA 725 01
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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/vermilion/m0097 MSHA 725 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1910. The organizer of Fairmount Coal Company was Hugh Shirkey.
- ↑ Also known as Bennett Station Mine
- ↑ Also known as Bennett Station Mine
- ↑ Production after map date
