Mine Index Number: 2428
| Company Name:
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Rock River Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Rock River Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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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 slope
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Henry
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17N 1E
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19
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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|
|
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4.67
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Underground
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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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.
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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, slope location, seam, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Operated by James P. Otis
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
