Mine Index Number: 2582
| Company Name:
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Star Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Star No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1887
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End Date:
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1904
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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40
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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410The tonnage mined from the Colchester Coal is not known; some of the acreage will be in that lower seam.
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
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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 shaftThe 1893 and 1899 Coal Reports documented the construction of new air shafts, and noted that the mine used the hoist shaft of an abandoned mine on the west side for ventilation. The location of these air shafts are unknown and are not shown on the accompanying map.
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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16
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NE NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Poor roof conditions in the northeastern part of the mine were noted on the source map.
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: 2,252,665
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352432
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1-22-1940
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1:2000
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1:2000
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 352432, reel 03139, frame 107, map of Moran Mine (mine index 2567) - Mine outline (northern & eastern parts), mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
