Mine Index Number: 2612
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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West Side Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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West Side Mine
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| Start Date:
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1937
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End Date:
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1940
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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Less than 1
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
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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26
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NW SE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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26
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4.5
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MRP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 2,430
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352401
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3-23-1940
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1:480
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1:562
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Final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352401, reel 03139, frame 53 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The West Side Mine reworked an area previously mined by the Crew Mine (mine index 2613), and utilized their shaft and air shaft.
