Mine Index Number: 2709
| Company Name:
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Burrill and Dixon
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| Mine Name:
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Burrill and Dixon Mine
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| Start Date:
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1875
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End Date:
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1879
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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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| 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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| Mine
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La Salle
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33N 5E
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24
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NE SW NW
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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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| Burrill & Dixon Burrill & Dixon may have leased the mine from Seneca Coal Company. The surface property ownership was shown as Seneca Coal Company in the 1876 atlas, but the mine notes record Burrill and Dixon as the operators.
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Burrill and Dixon
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1875-1879
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unknownProduction before July 1881 is unknown.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Atlas of La Salle County, Illinois
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1876
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1:6000
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1:6000
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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.
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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) - Mine location, mine name, years of operation.
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| Atlas of La Salle County, Illinois, published by Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois, 1876 - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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