Mine Index Number: 3036
| Company Name:
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Edward Mohn and Son
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| Mine Name:
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Empire Mine
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| Start Date:
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1902
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End Date:
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December 1952
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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417
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The workings holed into or connected underground to Treasure Mine (mine index 3042), Winter Mine (mine index 3037), and Millard Mine (mine index 5852).
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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 slope
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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23
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SW NE SE
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| Air shaft
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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23
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NW SE SE
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| Air slope
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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23
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NE SW NW
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| Air slope
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Peoria
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8N 7E
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23
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NE SW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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50-100
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|
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4.0-5.0
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RPP
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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
| Microfilm, document 352150
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6-27-1953
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1:2400
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1:4634
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, slope location.
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| Microfilm map, document 352150, reel 03138, frame 174 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_2506_01
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| Company:
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Edward Mohn and Son
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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06-27-1953
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3036 IL 2506 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/peoria/m3036 IL 2506 01.zip
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Photographs
