Mine Index Number: 0876
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Wenzel Coal Company, Incorporated
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| Mine Name:
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Eagle Valley No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1965
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End Date:
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August 1966
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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14
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main drift
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Gallatin
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9S 8E
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33
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NW SE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air drift
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Gallatin
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9S 8E
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33
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NW SE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air drift
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Gallatin
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9S 8E
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33
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NE SE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air drift
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Gallatin
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9S 8E
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33
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NE SE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Escape slope
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Gallatin
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9S 8E
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33
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NE SW SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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4.42
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was dark gray shale which contained scattered concretions. The floor was a hard underclay.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 88,623
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Company, 4103.G3 i5.1-11
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8-31-1966
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1:1200
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1:1986
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 1
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1981-1983
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.G3 i5.1-11 - Drift and slope locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 1, work map for Eqaulity Quadrangle Geologic Map - Georegistration aid.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The source map indicates the mine may have been managed by Roger Knickerbocker.
