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:
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2
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Acres after map date:
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1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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8
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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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Grundy
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31N 8E
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25
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NE NW NE
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Air/escape shaft
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Grundy
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31N 8E
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25
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SE NW NE
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Geology
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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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
Notes
- ↑ * 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.
- ↑ Production after map date.
- ↑ Production after map date.
- ↑ Production after map date.
- ↑ Production after map date.
- ↑ Production after map date.