Mine Index Number: 2344
| Company Name:
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Wilmington Star Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Wilmington Star No. 4 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1878
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End Date:
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April 1888
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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40 Production indicates approximately 77 acres were mined. The source map may be incomplete.
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| Acres after map date:
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37
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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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11
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NW NW NW
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| Air shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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11
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NW NW NW The Sanborn Map and Publishing Company showed the air shaft to be approximately 100 feet north of the main shaft. This location is very general and the air shaft is not shown on the accompanying map.
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Geology
| Colchester
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114-117
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2.0-3.0
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LW
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Geological Problems Reported
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: 417,812
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351478
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1913
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1:2400
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1:4138
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location, abandoned date.
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| Microfilm map, document 351478, reel 03136, frames 224-226 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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| WPA map, T32N-R8E - Mine identification aid (the microfilm map shows 3 unidentified mines).
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| Sanborn Map & Publishing Company (Coal City) - Air shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
