Mine Index Number: 0652
| Company Name:
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Grand Prairie Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Grand Prairie Mine
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| Start Date:
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1935
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End Date:
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1942
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
|
2
|
| Acres after map date:
|
1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
|
8
|
|
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
|
County
|
Township-Range
|
Section
|
Part Section
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| Main shaft
|
Grundy
|
31N 8E
|
25
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NE NW NE
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| Air/escape shaft
|
Grundy
|
31N 8E
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25
|
SE NW NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
|
Mine Name
|
Date
|
Production (tons)
|
| Clark City Coal Company
|
Clark City
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1935-1937 * The mine notes indicate the shaft was constructed in the 1880s. There may be production before 1935 and the mine may be larger than the reported production would indicate.
|
4,730
|
|
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351477
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2-14-1939
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1:1200
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1:2400
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, tipple location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351477, reel 03136, frame 223 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
