Mine Index Number: 5978
| Company Name:
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Central Illinois Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Central Illinois No. 1 and No. 2 Mines
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| Start Date:
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1882
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End Date:
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1885
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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26
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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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Kankakee
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31N 9E
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18
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SE NE NW
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Geology
| Colchester
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60-95
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2.875-3.0
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof came down in unused roadways and blocked ventilation.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Central Illinois Coal Company
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Central Illinois No. 1 and No 2.This mine is also known as the Tracy Mine and the Kewen Mine.
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1882-1885 Production and years of operation before 1882 are unknown. The 1883 Coal Report indicated 25 acres had been mined.
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100,000 Production and years of operation before 1882 are unknown. The 1883 Coal Report indicated 25 acres had been mined.
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| Total Production: 100,000
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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| Coal Section files, 5-e-16
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Undated
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1:12000
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1:12000
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Kankakee County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Kankakee County) - Mine type, shaft location.
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| Coal Section files, 5-e-16, map of Northern Mine (mine index 834) - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
