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La Salle Quadrangle

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Mining in the La Salle Quadrangle

The earliest known mining in the county was Dixwell Lathrop’s mine near the (later abandoned) town of Rockwell, east of La Salle in 1839 (Haeger, 1983). The precise location of the mine is not known (and is not shown on the accompanying map). The mine did not operate long, and was probably quite small, since the town only had 26 inhabitants in 1840, after illness had devastated the community and most of the remaining population fled the area.

The first large commercial coal mine opened in the county was the La Salle Shaft (mine index 3), which hoisted its first coal in June of 1856, quickly followed by the Kentucky Shaft (mine index 5660), which first hoisted coal in October 1856. Mining may have occurred in three seams: the Danville Coal was called the First Vein, the Herrin Coal was called the Second Vein, and the Colchester Coal was called the Third Vein. No maps have been found depicting mining in the First Vein, but mining surely took place in the most accessible coal. The Danville Coal is over 3.5 feet thick under La Salle and between 2.3 and 3.5 feet thick under Peru. Few maps have survived of mining in the Herrin Coal, and more mining probably took place in this seam than is shown on the accompanying maps.

Most of the surviving company maps are of coal mines in the Colchester Coal, which was mined by the longwall method. The Union Mine (mine index 755) operated until 1946 for a total of 75 years and the Illinois Zinc No. 3 Mine (mine index 358) operated until 1949 for a total of 67 years.

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Coal Mines In Illinois La Salle Quadrangle

Mines that Appear on the La Salle Quadrangle

 CombinedCounty
0002Oglesby Coal Company, Oglesby Mine
Kenosha Coal Company, Oglesby Mine		La Salle
0003La Salle Coal Mining Company, La Salle Mine
La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, La Salle Mine		La Salle
0009Illinois Zinc Company, Deer Park MineLa Salle
0102La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, Cedar Point MineLa Salle
0231Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Company, Matthiessen and Hegeler MineLa Salle
0238Northern Illinois Coal and Iron Company, Carbon Mine
La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, La Salle County No. 2 Mine
La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, Rockwell Mine		La Salle
0273Illinois Valley Coal Company, Illinois Valley Mine
La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, Jones Mine		La Salle
0358James Cahill, Cahill Mine
James Cahill Estate, Cahill Mine
Cahill Coal Company, Cahill Mine
Illinois Zinc Company, Illinois Zinc No. 3 Mine
Peru Deep Vein Coal Company, Illinois Zinc No. 3 Mine
United Coal Company, Illinois Zinc No. 3 Mine		La Salle
0755La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, Union Mine
Union Coal Company, Union Mine
United Coal Company, Union Mine		La Salle
099-2678 La Salle
099-5493 La Salle
2651EIX Coal Company, Vermilionville MineLa Salle
2652Brooker Brothers, Brooker Mine
Fred Brooker, Brooker Mine
Smith Brothers, Smith Mine		La Salle
2653William Brooker, Brooker No. 2 Mine
Brooker Brothers, Brooker No. 2 Mine		La Salle
2654River View Coal Company, River View Mine
Charles J. Brooker, Brooker Mine
Idle Mine
T. K. Brooker, Brooker Mine		La Salle
2655Vermilion Coal Company, Vermilion MineLa Salle
2656William Bottomley, Bottomley MineLa Salle
2657Alberts Coal Company, Alberts MineLa Salle
2658Lowell, Lowell Mine
A. Persinger and C. Thomas, Persinger and Thomas Mine		La Salle
2668John Shea and John P. Duncan, Caledonia Mine
Mitchell and Duncan, Mitchell and Duncan Mine
Caledonia Coal Company, Caledonia Mine
La Salle County Carbon Coal Company, Caledonia Mine		La Salle
2669McClernon and Hughes, McClernon and Hughes Mine
McClernon and Wear, McClernon and Wear Mine
John McClernon, McClernon Mine		La Salle

Unlocated Mines

La Salle County

 CombinedCity
2610Howe and Roberts, Howe and Roberts MineStreator (City)
2685R. C. Iliff, Iliff MineStreator (City)
5533George Prater, Prater No. 3 MineOttawa (City)
5652Frank Block, Block MineLa Salle (City)
Split Rock (City)
5662George A. Bavolac, Bavolac MineStreator (City)
5664C. A. Conners, Conners Mine
T. E. Willet, Willet Mine
Sam Smith Mine		Ottawa (City)
Marseilles (City)
5665Ray Coal Company, Ray MineStreator (City)
5666Smith Brothers, Smith MineStreator (City)
5668J. Robertson, Robertson Mine
Hive and Robertston, Hive and Robertson Mine		Streator (City)
5669E. Howard, Howard Mine
Peter Howard, Howard Mine
T. Howard, Howard Mine		Streator (City)
5670Foyd Bussard, Bussard MineStreator (City)
5672Himelrich and Stevens, Himelrich and Stevens MineStreator (City)
5673James McCready, McCready MineStreator (City)
5674Burgess & Courtney, Burgess & Courtney MineStreator (City)
5676Penman Company, Penman MineStreator (City)
5678Sylvester Kimes, Kime MineStreator (City)
5679E. B. Dawson, Dawson Mine
Goodmanson & Dawson, Goodmanson & Dawson Mine		Streator (City)
5680Nelson & Westerlund, Nelson & Westerlund Mine
John Westerlund, Westerlund Mine		Streator (City)
5681William Lawton, Lawton MineStreator (City)
5683Peter Ryan, Ryan MineStreator (City)
5684Conquelin & Company, Conquelin MineStreator (City)

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