Mine Index Number: 2618
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Louis L. Liptak
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| Mine Name:
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Liptak Mine
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| Start Date:
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1902
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End Date:
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1923
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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8
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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
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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34
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SW NE 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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40-50
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4.0-5.0
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 36,209
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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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| Coal Section files
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Undated
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1:62500[2]
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.
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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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| Coal Section files, USGS 15-minute topographic map - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1920-1922
- ↑ No source map of the mine was found. The mine outline and opening were hand-sketched and named on a Coal Section file copy of a USGS 15-minute topographic map.
