Mine Index Number: 2074
Company Name:
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Coal Run Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Peanut Mine
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Start Date:
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Circa 1873
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End Date:
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1884
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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22 [1]
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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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La Salle
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31N 3E
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36
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NE NW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
In the spring of 1878, Coal Run Creek flooded and broke into the workings below a surface cave-hole. More than a hundred miners escaped, with only one fatality.
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: 165,000
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, mines07e.tif
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Undated
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1:1200
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1:2800
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Secondary source
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Microfilm, mines04d.tif
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Undated
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Unknown
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1:840
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Secondary source
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Microfilm, mines099.tif
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Undated
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1:3960
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1:3960
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Secondary source
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Microfilm, mines087.tif and mines 088.tif
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Undated
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1:4248
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1:4248
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Secondary source
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Paula Angle
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1961
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(text only)
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1:24000[4]
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07e.tif - Shaft locations, mine outline (southern part).
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Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines04d.tif - Mine outline (northeastern part), mining method.
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Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines099.tif - Mine outline (western side).
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Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines087.tif & mines088.tif - Mine outline (northwestern side).
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Angle, Paula, 1962, Biography in Black: a History of Streator, Illinois, Weber Company, 170p. - Shaft location.
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Streator, Illinois, Centennial, 1868-1968, Historical Centennial Program, Sigma Press: Streator-Ottawa, Illinois, 1968 - Geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates approximately 37 acres were mined, and the Coal Report indicated 65 acres were mined before production was reported, for a total of 102 acres. This may be included in the area designated General Area of Mining (by color symbol) on the accompanying map.
- ↑ Production before July 1881 is not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 65 acres had been mined. Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois indicates Colonel Ralph Plumb founded the Coal Run Coal Company after 1871 but before the mid-1870s.
- ↑ Production before July 1881 is not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 65 acres had been mined. Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois indicates Colonel Ralph Plumb founded the Coal Run Coal Company after 1871 but before the mid-1870s.
- ↑ The shaft was not shown on the map of the mine workings. The shaft location was taken from Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois. The location was said to be on the west side of Vermilion Street, north of Coal Run Creek. An approximation of this location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map and digitized.