Mine Index Number: 3830
| Company Name:
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United Electric Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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United Electric No. 4 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1918
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End Date:
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March 1926
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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481
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown is too large for the reported production. United Electric No. 4 very likely expanded on surface mining opened up by the Missionfield Mine (mine index 3838), and includes the area mined by the Seymour Mine (mine index 6575).
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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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| Tipple
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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18
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SE SE SE
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Geology
| Danville
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40
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5.0-5.5
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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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| Total Production: 968,443
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| USGS topographic map
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PR 1978
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Coal Section files, 1-24-31-i
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| USGS 7.5' topographic map, Danville SW Quadrangle, 1966, Photorevised 1978 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Coal Section composite map, thickness of the Danville Coal, 1-24-31-i - Mine outline, mining method.
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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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Coal Section composite
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| Map ID:
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1-24-31i
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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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Undated
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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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No company maps were found for United Electric No. 1 Mine. The mine notes were used in conjunction with the USGS topographic map (Photorevised 1978) to determine with surface mine pits were likely from this company, guided by m0400_no7thick labels.
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| More Info:
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M0400 no7thick
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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/vermilion/m0400 no7thick.zip
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Photographs
Notes
