Mine Index Number: 3877
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Dixon Block Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Walnut Grove Mine
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| Start Date:
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1946
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End Date:
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April 1952
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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108
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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38
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area is larger than expected from the production. Some of the area along the Salt Fork probably had no coal (eroded), and so the outline shown on the mine map includes areas where mining did not occur, as well as areas of reduced extraction where only the pillars remained (Mine index 3879, Crawford Brothers Mine was partially mined by this surface mine).
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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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18N 13W
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1
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SW NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit
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Vermilion
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19N 13W
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25
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E ½
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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
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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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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, IL_1897_01
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4-2-1952
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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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, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, IL_1897_01 - Tipple and pit locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IL_1897_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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IL_1897_01
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| Company:
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Dixon Block Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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04-02-1952
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3877 IL 1897 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/m3877 IL 1897 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
