Mine Index Number: 6649
| Company Name:
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John Larson Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Larson Mine
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| Start Date:
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1919
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End Date:
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March 28, 1937
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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7 [1]
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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 slope
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Vermilion
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18N 11W
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33
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NE SE NE
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| Air shaft
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Vermilion
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18N 11W
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33
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NE SE NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The mine’s advancement in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the mine was apparently halted because of areas labeled “sand”. These may have been channels that either caused wet conditions that hindered mining or eroded and/or replaced the coal.
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 352888
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4-1-1937
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1:2400
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1:2152
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Final
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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 (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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| Microfilm map, document 352888, reel 03140, frame 519 - Slope/shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ A general area of mining has been added to the accompanying map, where old works were designated on the source map for the mine, to indicate the possible extent of the mine.
- ↑ Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.
