Mine Index Number: 0243
| Company Name:
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Spring Valley Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Spring Valley No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1884
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End Date:
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April 1925
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,720
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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 (17 x 8.5 ft)
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Bureau
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16N 11E
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35
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SW SE SW
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| Escape shaft
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Bureau
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16N 11E
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35
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SW SE SW
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| Old shaft (17 x 8.5 ft) The old shaft was burned in an 1894 fire, and was so damaged that a new hoist shaft was constructed 240 feet east of the old shaft.
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Bureau
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16N 11E
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35
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SE SW SW
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| Air shaft
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Bureau
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16N 11E
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35
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SE SW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The roof consisted of 2 inches of draw slate under 10 to 20 feet of hard gray shale. Pyrite was scattered abundantly in elongate lenses throughout the seam. The underclay was up to 2 feet thick, but in some places, sandstone was directly under the coal.
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: 8,338,640
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351379
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6-30-1925
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1:2400
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1:4469
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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 (Bureau County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351379, reel 03135, frames 419-422 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
