Mine Index Number: 2684
| Company Name:
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Illinois Clay Products Company
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| Mine Name:
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Illinois Clay Products Mine
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| Start Date:
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1913
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End Date:
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1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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41
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Production indicates approximately 5 acres were mined, and approximately 1 acre was mined after the map date. The outline may represent the clay mine boundary. The coal may have been poor quality and not sold, or left up to support the roof of the clay mine.
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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 drift
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La Salle
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33N 2E
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30
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NW NE SE
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| Drift
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La Salle
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33N 2E
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30
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NW NE SE
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| Shaft
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La Salle
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33N 2E
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30
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SE NE SE
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| Air shaft
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La Salle
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33N 2E
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30
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NE NE SE
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352421
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8-1-1921
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1:2000
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1:1903
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Not final
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| Microfilm, document 352412
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Undated
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1:1200
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1:2482
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Undated
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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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) - Drift location.
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| Microfilm map, document 351421, reel 03139, frame 94 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 352412, reel 03139, frames 80 & 81, map of Deer Park Mine (mine index 9) - Mine outline, drift and shaft locations, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
