Mine Index Number: 5703
| Company Name:
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Prairie Creek Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Prairie Creek Mine
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| Start Date:
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1911
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End Date:
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1919
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2
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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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26
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NW NW NE
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| Slope
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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26
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NW NW NE
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| Air shaft
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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26
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NW NW NE
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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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| Prairie Creek Coal Company The source map shows an area on the eastern side of this mine labeled “Green’s Old Works”. The area is shown as undermined on the accompanying map, but it is included within the Price & Jones Mine (mine index 2598) outline.
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Prairie Creek
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1917-1919
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5,463
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, mines09a.tif and mines09c.tif
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Undated
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Unknown
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1:45248
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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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines09a.tif and mines09c.tif - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
