Mine Index Number: 0099
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1908
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End Date:
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April 1916
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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164
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| Acres after map date:
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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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La Salle
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31N 3E
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24
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SW SW NW
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| Air shaft
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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24
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SW SW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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70-76
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6.0
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5.0-5.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
A water-bearing layer was encountered 20 feet below the surface when making the shaft. The mine was said to be very wet from breaks in the roof that allowed water from the glacial drift to seep in. In some places, the coal was eroded by the glacial process, but usually the coal remained although the roof may have been eroded. Generally the sandy gray shale roof was 10 to 30 feet thick. Pyrite lenses were present in the coal. Rolls, slips and clay veins contributed to poor roof conditions.
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: 919,369
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, mines09a.tif & mines09c.tif
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Undated
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Unknown
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1:45248
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, document 352417
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7-30-1913
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1:1200
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1:2234
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Not final
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| Microfilm, Coal Section files
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Undated
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Unknown
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1:24000
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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.
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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 type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines09a.tif & mines09c.tif - Mine outline, mine type, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 352417, reel 03139, frame 88 - Shaft locations.
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| Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07d.tif, map of Pedelty Mine (mine index 5492) - Air shaft (north).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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