Mine Index Number: 3848
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Electric Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Electric No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1911
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End Date:
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October 1918
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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116
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| Acres after map date:
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4
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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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| Main slope
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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20
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NE NE NW [1]
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Escape shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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17
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SE SE SW [2]
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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17
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SE SE SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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20
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NW NW NW
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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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80-120
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5.5-6.0
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MRP
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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: 703,509
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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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| State archive, MSHA_772_01
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6-1918
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, 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, slope location.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, MSHA_772_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: MSHA_772_01
 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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MSHA_772_01
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| Company:
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Electric Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Electric No. 3
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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6-1918
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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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M3848 MSHA 772 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/vermilion/m3848 MSHA 772 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Later surface mined by United Electric No. 4 Mine (mine index 3830).
- ↑ This location was shown in the 1895 Standard Atlas of Vermilion County as a shaft, indicating that mining took place earlier than 1911.
- ↑ Production after map date
