Mine Index Number: 5682
| 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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27
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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
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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23
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NW NE SW
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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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NE SE SW
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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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NE SE 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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| Total Production: 135,286
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, mines07d.tif
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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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| 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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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, mine type, depth, thickness,
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm, Coal Section files, mines07d.tif - Mine outline, shaft location, mining method.
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| Alden, Ogle & Company, 1892, Atlas of La Salle County, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois - Shaft location.
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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
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.
