Mine Index Number: 2638
| Company Name:
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Piney Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Piney Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1899
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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1
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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 4E
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18
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SE SE SW
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| Air shaft Old Beneckindorf mine hoist shaft, whose location is not known
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La Salle
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31N 4E
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Geology
| Herrin
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65-78
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|
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4.0-5.5
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Underground
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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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| Piney Coal Company
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Piney
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1897-1899Piney Coal Company opened a new mine on the Beneckindorf farm and used the old hoist shaft for their air shaft, indicating the underground works were connected.
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1,025
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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, depth, thickness.
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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.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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