Mine Index Number: 3700
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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United Electric Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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United Electric No. 5 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1915
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End Date:
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April 1926
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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172
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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18
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SW NE NW [1]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Danville
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30-66
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5.5-6.0
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Surface
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 1,347,319
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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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| USGS topographic map
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PR 1978; 1950
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, tipple location, seam, seam, depth, thickness, general location and shape of pit.
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| Bibliography
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| USGS topographic map, 1966, Photorevised 1978; 1950 - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Surface mining extended through sections 7 & 18 of T19N-R11W and sections 12 & 13 of T19N-R12W.
