Mine Index Number: 5516
| Company Name:
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Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
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| Mine Name:
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Klondyke Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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Unknown
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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117
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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 Labeled on the source map as an air shaft, this shaft may have originally been used as the main shaft and later converted to an air shaft.
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Grundy
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33N 8E
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36
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SW NE SW
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Geology
| Colchester
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LW (old longwall)
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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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| Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
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Klondyke
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pre 1881 The company name has been assumed based on other mining in the area and the source map. This mine appears to connect underground to Diamond No. 4 Mine (mine index 3556). The years have been assumed since no production for a mine with this name was reported.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company
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4-1906
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Company map, traced 2006 Original map is mounted on the wall of the Coal City Public Library, Coal City, Illinois. - Mine location, mine outline (west side).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
