Mine Index Number: 3691
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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| Mine Name:
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Ellsworth No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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1887
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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165
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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165
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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 drift
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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17
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SE NE NW
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Geology
| Danville
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45-80
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5.5-6.0
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RP, HERThe 1885 Coal Report indicated the pillars were “nearly drawn”, and mining was moving into a new 5-acre parcel. How extensive this practice was throughout the mine is not known.
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Geological Problems Reported
The 1884 Coal Report indicated that the gas “black damp” permeated the workings due to inadequate ventilation.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Ellsworth Coal Company
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Ellsworth No. 1
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pre1878-1886
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786,359 Production and years of operation prior to 1878 unknown; production total includes No. 1 - No. 4 in 1884. 1882- 1883 production may include other mines as well.
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| Total Production: 802,634
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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Undated
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, drift location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
