Mine Index Number: 2963
| Company Name:
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Empire Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Empire No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1885
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End Date:
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October 1900
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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344
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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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| Main shaft
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Mercer
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14N 2W
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4
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SE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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100
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|
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3.5-4.33
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LW, RPThe Coal Reports indicated that longwall mining was practiced in the first year, after which room and pillar mining took place.
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
