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 CountyThe 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.
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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
