Mine Index Number: 7020
| Company Name:
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Richard Hughes
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| Mine Name:
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Eureka Mine
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| Start Date:
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1849
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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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| Mine
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La Salle
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33N 5E
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18
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SEThe mine location description was in Gumm’s ravine north of the canal, north of Lincoln School (as of 1976). This description did not allow an accurate depiction of the mine location on the accompanying map, and the mine is shown with an uncertain location point symbol.
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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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| Richard Hughes
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Eureka
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1849-
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UnknownThe production and closing year of operation for this early mine are unknown.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| The Story of Marseilles
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1976
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(text only)
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1:24000The 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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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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| The Story of Marseilles, Prepared by the Marseilles Bicentennial Commission, 1976, 99pgs. - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
