Mine Index Number: 5682
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Moses Baldwin
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| Mine Name:
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Eagle Mine
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| Start Date:
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1883
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End Date:
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1893
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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53
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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This mine is connected underground to Eagle Clay Works Mine (mine index 2600).
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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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| Main shaft
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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23
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SW NE SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Shaft
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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23
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SE SE SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Slope
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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23
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SE SE SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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30-54
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5.0-5.5
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MRP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 135,286
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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, PC_67_01
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Undated
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Unknown
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1:45248
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Undated
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Atlas of La Salle County[2]
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1892
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, mine type, depth, thickness,
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, PC_67_01 - Shaft & slope locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Alden, Ogle & Company, 1892, Atlas of La Salle County, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois - Shaft location.
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| Bibliography
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| Angle, Paula, 1962, Biography in Black: a History of Streator, Illinois, Weber Company, 170p. - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: PC_67_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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PC_67_01
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| Company:
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Coal Run Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Undated
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M5682 PC 67 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/la salle/m5682 PC 67 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1888
- ↑ The Atlas was used in conjunction with Biography in Black to identify the landowner Plumb Company, and the Eagle Mine near Second Street with the shaft shown in the Atlas.
