Mine Index Number: 3048
| Company Name:
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Whip-Poor-Will Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Whip-Poor-Will Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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End Date:
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1944
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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4
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2 acres were mined and less than 1 acre was mined after the map date.
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General Area of mining acres shown:
|
|
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The area shown is larger than expected for the reported production. Much of the area depicted as mined on the accompanying map was marked “old works, mined out” on the source map.
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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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| Slope
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Peoria
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9N 6E
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22
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NE NW SE
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| Slope
|
Peoria
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9N 6E
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22
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NW NE SE
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| Air shaft
|
Peoria
|
9N 6E
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22
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NW NE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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150
|
|
|
4.0
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Underground
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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 352281
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9-25-1941
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1:360
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1:819
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Not final
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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 (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 352281, reel 03138, frame 350 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1935
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
