Mine Index Number: 5663
| Company Name:
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Joliet-Wilmington Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Reliance Mine
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| Start Date:
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1903
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End Date:
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1904
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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6
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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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Geology
| Colchester
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78
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|
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2.5
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
This mine took on too much water and was forced to close.
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
| The Braidwood Story
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undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [2]
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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 (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| The Braidwood Story - Mine location, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This mine may have also been known as the Drew Mine.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
