Mine Index Number: 0290
| Company Name:
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Empire Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Empire No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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March 31, 1910
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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766
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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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Mercer
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14N 2W
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20
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SW NE NE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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130-135
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3.0
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6.5
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4.0
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Empire Coal Company According to the mine notes, Empire Coal Company was owned or operated by Shuler Mining Company.
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Empire No. 3
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1899-1910
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1,653,646
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| Total Production: 1,653,646
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Section files (Alexis Quadrangle)
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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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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, abandonment date.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Alexis Quadrangle - Mine outline, shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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