Mine Index Number: 3336
| Company Name:
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Illinois Coal and Coke Company
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| Mine Name:
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Empire No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1893
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End Date:
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1923
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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504
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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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Sangamon
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13N 6W
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2
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NW NE NW
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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13N 6W
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2
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SW NE 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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| Total Production: 2,770,411
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_334_01
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4-1914
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not final
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| WPA, T13N-R6W & T14N-R6W
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2-19-1926
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1:52800
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1:52800
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| State archive, IL_334_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| WPA map, T13N-R6W & T14N-R6W - Partial outline of southwest part of mine.
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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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WPA
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| Map ID:
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T13N-R6W & T14N-R6W
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Secondary source for mine index 3336 (southwest part of the mine)
Composite image of WPA Maps: T13N-R6W & T14N-R6W
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| More Info:
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M3336b
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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/sangamon/m3336b.zip
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![[[:Empire No. 2|Empire No. 2]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/sangamon/thumbnails/m3336_IL_334_01_th.jpg) 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_334_01
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| Company:
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Illinois Coal and Coke Company
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| Mine Name:
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Empire No. 2
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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04-1914
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3336 IL 334 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/sangamon/m3336 IL 334 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1909 & 1910
- ↑ Idle or abandoned 1914-1920
