Mine Index Number: 0259
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Wilmington Star Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Wilmington Star No. 6 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1900
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End Date:
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April 30, 1913
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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214
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft (6' x 12')
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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4
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NW SE NE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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4
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NW SE NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Colchester
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129
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1.67
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5.0
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3.0
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LW
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Geological Problems Reported
This mine was reported to have no faults. “Very little gas” was reported in the mine notes. However, one miner was killed by a gas explosion in 1901. This may have been a result of poor ventilation, since the fatality was before the fan was set up at the air shaft. The coal seam had no continuous impurities.
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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 351478
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1913
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1:2400
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1:4138
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Final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft size, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems, abandoned date.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351478, reel 03136, frames 224-226 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
