Mine Index Number: 4890
| Company Name:
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Black Diamond Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Black Diamond Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1903
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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99
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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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| Main shaft [1]
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Rock Island
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17N 1W
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36
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SW NE NW
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| Shaft
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Rock Island
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17N 1W
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36
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SW NE NW
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| Slope
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Rock Island
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17N 1W
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36
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SW NE NW
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| Air shaft
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Rock Island
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17N 1W
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36
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SW NE NW
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| Shaft
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Rock Island
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17N 1W
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36
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SW NE NW
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| Shaft
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Rock Island
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17N 1W
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36
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SE NW NE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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36-50
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3.5
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RPB, HER[2]
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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: 178,929
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company
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Undated
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1:1152
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1:1152
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Undated [5]
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Rock Island County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Company map, courtesy Robert E. Jones Public Library - Shaft and slope locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Connected underground to the Narrow Gauge Mine (mine index 3243).
- ↑ The 1885 Coal Report indicated the main work in the summer was drawing pillars. The extent of this practice is not known.
- ↑ Production and years of operation before 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 40 acres were mined. This outline also includes the Narrow Gauge Mine (mine index 4890), run by the same operators as Black Diamond Mine.
- ↑ Production and years of operation before 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 40 acres were mined. This outline also includes the Narrow Gauge Mine (mine index 4890), run by the same operators as Black Diamond Mine.
- ↑ The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the reported production. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.
