Mine Index Number: 0728
| Company Name:
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Princeton Coal Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Princeton Mine
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| Start Date:
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1908
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End Date:
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1911
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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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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Bureau
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16N 9E
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13
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NW NW SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The roof varied, white top in some places, and black shale in others. The top of the coal was sometimes eroded under white top roof. The blue band was 12 to 18 inches above the floor. Mine notes dated 7-16-1909 stated that the company was expected to begin sinking the shaft to the No. 2 Coal in a few days and that the upper seam would be abandoned.
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
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 (Bureau County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351418, reel 03136, frame 53 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
