Mine Index Number: 0118
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Glen Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Eclipse Mine
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| Start Date:
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1908
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End Date:
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1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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88
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown is larger than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 20 acres were mined.
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Fulton
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3N 1E
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14
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SE SW SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft [1]
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Fulton
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3N 1E
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14
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SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Shaft
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Fulton
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3N 1E
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14
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NE SE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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65
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5.42
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6.0
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5.67
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was composed of black shale over the entire mine. Prominent subsidence at the surface indicated that the shale roof was very thin in many places. Clay slips and faults were noted in the seam. Caved areas prevented examination of the faults. The coal was cut out by post-Pennsylvanian valleys with vertical walls. The usual clay slips of the Springfield Coal were prominent, with the usual uneven contact with the coal along the sides of the slip, and with the usual clay partings in the coal adjacent to the slip being prominent as well. The coal was fairly flat-lying, with the exception of the western workings. One roll was present, limiting a mule to two cars in a haulage circuit, partly due to poor equipment.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 99,647
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Mine notes (H. E. Culver)
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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4-20-1933
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1:124800
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1:124800
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location (western), seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft location (eastern), mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ A sketch in the mine notes shows an air shaft 450 feet east of the main shaft. The air shaft location was not accurate enough to include on the accompanying map.
- ↑ Idle 1916
