Mine Index Number: 0118
| 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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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20
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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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3N 1E
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14
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SE SW SE
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| Air shaft
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Fulton
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3N 1E
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14
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SE 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.
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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
| 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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| 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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| 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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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 (western), seam, depth, thickness.
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| Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft location (eastern), mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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