Mine Index Number: 2341
| Company Name:
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Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
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| Mine Name:
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Diamond No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1875
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End Date:
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1892
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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218
|
| Acres after map date:
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40
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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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Grundy
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32N 8E
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1
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NW NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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1
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NW NE SE
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Geology
| Colchester
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103-106
|
|
|
3.0
|
LW
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
|
Date
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Production (tons)
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|
|
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| Total Production: 1,078,123
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351485
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3-1887
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1:1200
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1:2317
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Not final
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| Sanborn
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1892
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1:1674
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1:1674
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Secondary source
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| Company
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4-1906
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Shaft location, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 351485, reel 03136, frame 234 - Shaft locations, mine outline (eastern half).
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| Sanborn-Perris Map Company (Braidwood) - Shaft locations.
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| Company map, traced 2006 - Mine location, mine outline (western half). [3]
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production before July 1881 is unknown.
- ↑ Production after map date. Most of this production is included in the western part of the mine, which has a final map.
- ↑ Original map is mounted on the wall of the Coal City Public Library, Coal City, Illinois.
