Mine Index Number: 5536
| Company Name:
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Prairie Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Prairie Mine
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| Start Date:
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1937
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End Date:
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1937
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
|
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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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| Pit
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La Salle
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33N 3E
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1
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NE SW
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Geology
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
| Mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:24000A general area of mining was circled on a small grid in the mine notes. The mine was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from this sketched location and digitized.
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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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine type, mine location, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
