Mine Index Number: 3224
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Enterprise Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Enterprise Mine
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| Start Date:
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1885
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End Date:
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1898
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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3
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining by Burning Star No. 3 Mine (mine index 930)
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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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Randolph
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5S 6W
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34
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NE NE NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
|
| Springfield
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35-40
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|
|
5.0
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
|
Mine Name
|
Date
|
Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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|
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| Total Production: 11,886
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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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| Federal Land Bank Report
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7-1934
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1:126720
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1:126720
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Randolph County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Randolph County) - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
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