Mine Index Number: 0699
| Company Name:
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Venedy Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Venedy Mine
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| Start Date:
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1921
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End Date:
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June 1969
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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93
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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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Washington
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1S 5W
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34
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NW NW SW
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| Air shaft
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Washington
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1S 5W
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34
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NW NW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The roof was black shale. Top coal was left to support the roof. Pyrite was present in thin bands and within shale bands in the coal.
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: 526,448
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 4103.W33 i5.1-3
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7-14-1969
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1:2400
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1:4968
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Final
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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 (Washington County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Washington County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W33 i5.1-3 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Venedy|Venedy]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/washington/thumbnails/m0699_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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4103.W33 i5.1-3
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| Company:
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Venedy Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Venedy
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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7-14-1969
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0699
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/washington/m0699.zip
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Photographs
