Mine Index Number: 0110
| Company Name:
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Illinois Colliery Company
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| Mine Name:
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Alden No. 5 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1888
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End Date:
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April 1952
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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622
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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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Fulton
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8N 4E
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2
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NW SW NE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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8N 4E
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2
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SW NW NE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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8N 4E
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1
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SW NW NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The immediate roof was 2 feet of black shale, with 6 to 8 inches of clod above that, and 4 to 8 inches of limestone above the clod. This roof shale was cut out in haulage routes to make head room for the mules. Many pyrite nodules and coal balls up to 18 inches in diameter were common in the roof. The coal balls protruded down into the coal and some would drop out of the roof once the coal was removed while some would stay up in the roof indefinitely. The bottom 2 to 6 inches of the black shale roof was a draw slate that would sometimes stay up and sometimes adhere to the coal. Pyrite distribution within the coal seam was irregular but often present in nodules and lenticular layers 2 feet below the roof. Horsebacks were numerous, and cut the coal out completely, but were generally thin. One horseback was 6 feet wide and extended upwards into the roof. The mine was dry and no heaving was noted. Pressurized water was encountered in one room (a horizontal drill hole released the pressure so that the water shot out 30 feet from the hole), but that room was kept sealed and the water pumped out.
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: 2,500,676
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351652
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1952
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1:2400
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1:4966
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Final
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-1934
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1:42500
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1:42560
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, document 351690
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1-31-1950
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1:2400
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1:4303
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems
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| Microfilm map, document 351652, reel 03137, frame 15 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 351690, reel 03137, frames 56 & 57 - Mine outline (western).
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| Federal Land Bank Report map (Fulton County) - Mine outline (western).
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| Microfilm map, document 351646, reel 03137, frame 7, map of Westerby No. 2 Mine (mine index 2246) - Air shaft.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
