Mine Index Number: 2405
| Company Name:
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Long View Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Long View Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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1953
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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30
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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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Henry
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15N 1E
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28
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NW SE SE
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| Air shaft [1]
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Henry
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15N 1E
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28
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SW NE SE
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| Air shaft [2]
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Henry
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15N 1E
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28
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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63-80
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4.17-4.67
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MRP, some HER
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map showed that pillars had been pulled in the northwestern portion of the mine, and also some pillars were pulled in the northeastern portion. The source map is somewhat generalized in the southern portion, and pillars may have been pulled there as well.
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: 142,919
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351502
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2-18-1953
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1:1200
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1:1407
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351502, reel 03136, frame 255 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The northernmost shaft was the original air shaft, and the 1953 source map states that the shaft was filled in. The southern air shaft was the original hoist shaft.
- ↑ The northernmost shaft was the original air shaft, and the 1953 source map states that the shaft was filled in. The southern air shaft was the original hoist shaft.
