Mine Index Number: 2982
| Company Name:
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Coal Valley Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Coal Valley No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1909
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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180
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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700
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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180
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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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15N 1W
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17
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SW NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Mercer
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15N 1W
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17
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SW NE SE
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| In 1884, the mine dimensions were 2,278 ft north of the shaft and 1,820 ft south of the shaft. It is likely thereare more shafts than shown on the accompanying map.
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Geology
| Rock Island
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56
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3.9-4.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The workings were connected underground to the Ellis Slope Mine (unlocated mine at the back of this report), which caused flooding in January 1907, when Camp Creek overflowed its banks. A roof fall during pillar removal resulted in a fatality.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Coal Valley Mining Company
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Coal Valley No. 1
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pre1881-1909 Production, ownership, and years of operation prior to 1881 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 10 acres were mined.
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2,473,563
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| Total Production: 2,473,563
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352250
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6-1-1908
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1:1200
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1:1986
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Not final
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| Coal Section files, Milan 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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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, thickness, geologic problems.
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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) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352250, reel 03138, frame 316 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Milan Quadrangle - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
