Mine Index Number: 3157
Company Name:
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Wall and Company
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Mine Name:
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Old Enterprise Mine
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Start Date:
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Pre 1876
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End Date:
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1883
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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25 [1]
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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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Perry
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6S 1W
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17
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NE SW NW
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Air shaft
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Perry
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6S 1W
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17
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NE SE NW
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Geology
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 352155
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1-1-1876
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1:1200
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1:1572
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Not final
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WPA, T6S-R1W
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1940
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1:12000
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1:55096
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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, mining method.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Microfilm map, document 351452, reel 03136, frames 158, 159 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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WPA map, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres were mined.
- ↑ Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 40 acres were mined, and the mine was designated abandoned with no reported production.