Mine Index Number: 2651
| Company Name:
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EIX Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Vermilionville Mine
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| Start Date:
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Circa 1930
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End Date:
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1933
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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42
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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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| Pit
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La Salle
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32N 2E
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5
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W 1⁄2 SW
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Geology
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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| EIX Coal Company
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Vermilionville
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circa 1930-1933The mine notes indicated the source for the mine location was the Federal Land Bank Report for La Salle County. The mine probably operated 1930-1933, when mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not listed in the Coal Reports.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| 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, mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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