Mine Index Number: 0356
| Company Name:
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Essley Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Black Diamond No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1920
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End Date:
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1932
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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66
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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15
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Various maps showed vaguely where the shaft and slope were located, and the mine location is not precisely known.
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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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2
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NW SE SW
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| Slope
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Mercer
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14N 2W
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2
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SE SW SW
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Geology
| Rock Island
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38-60
|
4.0
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4.5
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4.2
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The immediate roof was black shale that ranged from 24 to 36 inches thick. The caprock above the shale was 18 inches of black rock. Water came into the mine through cracks in the shale roof and via sandstone under the coal. The mine notes state that the pillars were largely pulled and subsidence had taken place before 1964. The coal had a pyrite and pyrite concretion layer about 18 inches below the roof.
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
| Map library, 4103.M42 d5.1-3
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1922
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| 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.
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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 & slope locations, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.M42 d5.1-3 (H. E. Culver) - Shaft location.
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| Coal Section files, undated work maps on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Alexis Quadrangle - Shaft and slope locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
