Mine Index Number: 2595
| Company Name:
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Star Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Star No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1893
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End Date:
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1900
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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45
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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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La Salle
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31N 3E
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22
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Colchester
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123-135
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2.83-3.0
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
A small pocket of gas that had accumulated overnight was ignited by a naked flame light as the men went to their workplaces in the morning. One fatality resulted.
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: 222,785
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23
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Undated
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1:12069
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1:12069
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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, geologic problems.
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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) - Shaft location.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23, map of Streator Coal Field - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
