Mine Index Number: 0408
| Company Name:
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Rock Island Improvement Company
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| Mine Name:
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Lamarsh No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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June 1951
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2,918
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown on the accompanying map represents the acreage undermined by Lamarsh No. 1 Mine and the Vicary Mine (mine index 3019). The mine boundaries could not be distinguished. Both mines appear to have used the same slopes and air shafts.
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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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| Slope
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Peoria
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7N 7E
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8
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SE NE SE
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| Slope
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Peoria
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7N 7E
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8
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SE NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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7N 7E
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4
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NW SW NE
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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7N 7E
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5
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NW NE NE
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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33
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SW NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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31
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SE SW NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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100-130
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4.0
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4.75
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4.25
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The sandstone cap rock was present over the entire mine, and made a good roof. Water seeped from the sandstone and made the mine very wet. The immediate roof over the coal was 2 to 2.5 feet of black shale that usually came down. Clay horsebacks were common, but seldom over 4 inches wide. Pyrite was present as fracture facings and, less commonly, as lenses and nodules. The 10 feet of underclay heaved when the mine was wet and the entries too wide.
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: 10,131,280
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352193
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6-27-1951
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1:2400
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1:5131
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, seam, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352193, reel 03138, frames 231-251 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
