Mine Index Number: 0755
| Company Name:
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United Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Union Mine
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| Start Date:
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1874
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End Date:
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1949
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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286 in Herrin Coal, 1,169 in Colchester Coal
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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75
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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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La Salle
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33N 1E
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16
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SE NE SE
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| Air shaft
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La Salle
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33N 1E
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16
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SE NE SE
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Geology
| Colchester
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375-400
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3.18-3.5
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
The 1896 Coal Report listed a fatality caused by a slip that ran parallel to the coal face and up into the roof strata so that the roof was unstable. The prevalence of slips is not known.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Union Coal Company
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Union, Kilgovern
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1874-1893The 1882 Coal Report indicated 85 acres had been mined. The production before July 1881 is unknown. The primary investor at the time the mine opened and until the mine was bought by La Salle County Carbon Coal Company was Nicholas Duncan, although the company name may have differed from Union Coal Company.
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1,194,205
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| Total Production: 7,225,068
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352438
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5-20-1930
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1:2400
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1:4634
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Not final
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| Company, 4103.L32 i5.1-2
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4-1942
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1:2400
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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, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.
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| Bedford, Willam T., 1911, Twentieth Anniversary Souvenir Edition; The La Salle Tribune 1891-1911, printed & published at LaSalle, Illinois , re-published by LaSalle County Genealogy Guild, 1996, 206p. - Ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 352438, reel 03139, frames 113, 114 - Mine outline, mining method (Herrin & Colchester Coals).
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-2 - Shaft locations, mine outline (southern part, Colchester Coal).
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