Mine Index Number: 0241
| Company Name:
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Spring Valley Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Spring Valley No. 4 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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August 1913
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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693
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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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Bureau
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16N 11E
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18
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SW SE SW
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Geology
| Colchester
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392
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3.0
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4.0
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3.5
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LW
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof over most of the mine was soapstone. The roof over remaining parts of the mine was black shale. Some rolls were noted. The underclay was at least 14 feet thick, much thicker than at other mines nearby
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: 3,957,989
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.B8 i5.1-5, sheet 5
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1935
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1:31680
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1:31680
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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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Bureau County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.B8 i5.1-5, sheet 5, work map of Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
