Mine Index Number: 2345
| Company Name:
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Wilmington Star Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Wilmington Star No. 5 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1889
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End Date:
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December 28, 1907
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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210
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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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Grundy
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32N 8E
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3
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NE NW SE
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| Escape / air shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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3
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NE NW SE The shaft has been shown as an uncertain location point on the map because it could not be identified on the source map. The Sanborn Map Company showed the air shaft to be approximately 160-190 feet north of the main shaft, slightly west of the location shown on the map.
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Slips in the roof caused the death of a miner from a rock fall in 1900.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351478
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1907
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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, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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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) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, abandoned date.
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| Microfilm map, document 351478, reel 03136, frames 224-226 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| WPA map, T32N-R8E - Mine identification aid (the microfilm shows 3 unidentified mines).
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| Sanborn Map Company (Coal City) - Air shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
