Mine Index Number: 2609
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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C., W. and V. (old) No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1870
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End Date:
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1891
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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821
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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[1]
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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25
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NE NW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The mine closed because of water breaking in from a creek on the surface. Pumping removed the water, but salvageable materials were removed and the mine closed after the flood.
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: 2,191,707
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, mines09a.tif and mines09c.tif
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Undated
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Unknown
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1:45248
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, mines087.tif and mines088.tif
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Undated
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Unknown
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1:4248
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, mines07c.tif
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3-30-1904
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1:720
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1:840
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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, depth, thickness, 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) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.
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| Warner and Beers, 1876, Atlas of La Salle County, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois - Shaft location.
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| Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines09a.tif & mines09c.tif - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines087.tif & mines088.tif - Mine outline.
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| Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07c.tif, map of Howe Mine (mine index 5677) - Mine outline.
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| Angle, Paula, 1962, Biography in Black: a History of Streator, Illinois, Weber Company, 170p. - Opening year.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ No air shafts were shown on the source maps. The 1885 Coal Report stated two upcast air shafts were in operation, and a new air shaft was noted in the 1889 Coal Report (1900 feet west of the hoist shaft, with a stairway men could use to get to the workplace).
- ↑ Production before July 1881 is unknown, but the 1882 Coal Report indicated 310 acres had been mined. According to Biography in Black, a History of Streator, Illinois, this mine opened in 1870 and the company merged with Chicago & Wilmington Coal Company in 1871.
- ↑ Production before July 1881 is unknown, but the 1882 Coal Report indicated 310 acres had been mined. According to Biography in Black, a History of Streator, Illinois, this mine opened in 1870 and the company merged with Chicago & Wilmington Coal Company in 1871.
