Mine Index Number: 6385
| Company Name:
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C. B. Laning
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| Mine Name:
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Laning Mine
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| Start Date:
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1873
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End Date:
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Unknown
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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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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Menard
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17N 7W
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6
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SW 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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352225
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4-1914
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1:2400
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1:4303
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 352225, reel 03138, frame 283, map of Menard County Coal & Mining No. 1 (mine index 0289) - Shaft location.
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| History of Menard County, 1878, published by W. R. Brink & Co., Chicago, Illinois - Mine ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 352225
Map Date: 4-1914
Coal Co.: Menard County Coal Company
Mine Name: Tallula No. 1 Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ C. B. Laning operated a mine 1881-1882 near Petersburg. Although the location for that mine is not known, the depth was reported as 65 feet, indicating that production is near Petersburg. Laning bought the Greene & Deal Mine after it went into bankruptcy, but the years of operation are not known.
