Mine Index Number: 3556
| Company Name:
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Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
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| Mine Name:
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Diamond No. 4 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1891
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End Date:
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1906
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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350
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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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Grundy
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32N 8E
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1
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SE NW NW
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| Air shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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1
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SE NW NW The Sanborn-Perris Map Company showed an air shaft to be approximately 80 feet southwest of the main shaft. This location is very general and is not shown on the accompanying map.
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Geology
| Colchester
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116
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3.0
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
Two deaths were caused by roof falls (in 1898 and 1900). One of these roof falls was an upwards-sloping slip in the roof.
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
| Company
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4-1906
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1:1200
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1:1200
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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, thickness, mining method, geologic problem.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location.
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| Sanborn-Perris Map Company (Braidwood) - Air shaft location, depth.
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| Company map, traced 2006 Original map is mounted on the wall of the Coal City Public Library, Coal City, Illinois. - Mine location, mine outline (west side).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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