Mine Index Number: 2973
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Alden Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Alden No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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June 30, 1905
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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249
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Mercer
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14N 2W
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9
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NE NW SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft [1]
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Mercer
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14N 2W
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9
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Rock Island
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135
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|
|
4.5
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
One fatality was caused by a roof fall while top coal was being recovered.
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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Coal Section files (Alexis Quadrangle)
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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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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Mercer County) - Shaft location.
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Alexis Quadrangle - Shaft location, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ According to the 1901 Coal Report, an auxiliary air shaft was sunk at the active face, about one mile south and one-quarter of a mile west of the main shaft. The air shaft is not shown on the accompanying map as the distances arevague and the shaft location is not from an accurate mine map.
