Mine Index Number: 2594
| Company Name:
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John Petrotte
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| Mine Name:
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Petrotte Mine
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| Start Date:
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1914
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End Date:
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1925
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface and Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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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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| Pit
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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22
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NE SW SE
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| DriftSurface mining took place the first two years (1914-1916), then, as depth increased, a drift entry was made off the highwall.
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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22
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NE SW SE
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Geology
| Herrin
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6-8
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4.0-5.0
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Surface and RP
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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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1:62500
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1:24000The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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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, 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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| Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine location.
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| ISGS field notes (La Salle County) - Drift location, depth (Spring Lake Coal).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
