Category:Mine Subsidence

Caption: Drowned-out area of corn near Nokomis where the 8 foot coal bed is worked at a depth of about 625 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1000

Caption: Drowned-out area of corn near Nokomis where the 8 foot coal bed is worked at a depth of about 625 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1001

Caption: Houses in northwest Springfield for which claims were paid by a mining company for damages caused by mining coal 5 feet 9 inches thick at a depth of about 200 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 44 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-1003

Caption: Houses in northwest Springfield for which claims were paid by a mining company for damages caused by mining coal 5 feet 9 inches thick at a depth of about 200 feet. See M-1003 and M-1006
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1004

Caption: Houses in northwest Springfield for which claims were paid by a mining company for damages caused by mining coal 5 feet 9 inches thick at a depth of about 200 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1005

Caption: Houses in northwest Springfield for which claims were paid by a mining company for damages caused by mining coal 5 feet 9 inches thick at a depth of about 200 feet. See M-1004
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1006

Caption: Brick house near Danville abandoned on account of danger by room-and-pillar mining of a 6-foot coal at a depth of about 200 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 42 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-1007

Caption: Brick house near Danville abandoned on account of danger by room-and-pillar mining of a 6-foot coal at a depth of about 200 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1008

Caption: Brick house near Danville abandoned on account of danger by room-and-pillar mining of a 6-foot coal at a depth of about 200 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1009

Caption: Brick house near Danville abandoned on account of danger by room-and-pillar mining of a 6-foot coal at a depth of about 200 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1010

Caption: Brick house near Danville abandoned on account of danger by room-and-pillar mining of a 6-foot coal at a depth of about 200 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1011

Caption: Plaster and foundation cracked.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-1003

Caption: Hippert (HIPPARD?) mine on Freeburg road, freshly filled mine, water entering through cave
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1035

Caption: Gartside Mine, Murphysboro, sink in low land, pillar pulling
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1036

Caption: Superior Coal Mine No.2 Gillespie
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1042

Caption: Subsidence fill, L and M track SE of Staunton--Consolidated No 6 mine
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1044

Caption: Subsidence fill, L and M track SE of Staunton--Consolidated No 6 mine
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1045

Caption: IL Central looking North from Madison shaft Divernon--sag in tracks and fill on rightt tracks
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1047

Caption: Pond North of Witt
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-809

Caption: Pond caused by subsidence at Westville, Vermilion County, where 6 feet of coal was removed by room-and-pillar mining at a depth of 210 feet. Levels at surface show maximum depth of sag to by 4.7 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 30 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-813

Caption: Open space south of Danville about 200 feet square in cornfield, indicating that area is not tilled because water stands over the sage in the spring.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 31 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-821

Caption: Pit hole filled with rubbish at the Electric mine near Danville
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 35 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-822

Caption: Broken sidewalk and telephone poles tipped toward a sag over Franklin Count Mine where and 8 foot coal is being removed at a depth of 450 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 26 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-825

Caption: Swamp in a typical sag in Randolph County where a 6 foot coal is being mined at depth of 150 feet. The rooms are on 50 foot centers; pillars 18 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 27 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-826

Caption: Subsidence Kelly No 5 Mine
(Mine Index:3740)
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-929

Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-932

Caption: South of shaft, 3 feet deep
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-933

Caption: Kellyville No. 3 Near Electric mine Danville District. 8 foot diameter, 3 feet deep.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-934

Caption: Ash filled road washed away.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-938

Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey

Caption: Break in curb and pavement in Decatur over the Manufacturers & Consumers Coal Co. Mine.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-947

Caption: Caves on hillside
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-952

Caption: Subsidence along railroad tracks.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-959

Caption: Subsidence in hilly area--mound (left foreground) over pillar.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-960

Caption: Sag foreground and background high grass over pillar
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-962

Caption: Sag--quarter mile long--fence shows sag of about 2 feet
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-963

Caption: North-West of shaft, 800 feet across by 3 feet deep with some water
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-965

Caption: Subsidence over two rooms east of Security shaft east of the ICRR south of Du Quoin
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-966

Caption: Typical sag
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-967

Caption: Surface breaks extending over a room in a mine near Harrisburg where the coal is 7 feet thick and 80 feet deep. The rooms are 24 feet wide and have 24 foot pillars
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 13 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-968

Caption: Breaks in field south of O'Gara No. 7
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-969

Caption: Sag near Gartside Mine Murphysboro. Rig in sag.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-979

Caption: Surface breaks in a field near Carterville, 300 yards SW of Hafer Washed Coal Co. The shaft is 120 feet deep and a 7 foot bed of coal is being mined. The roof is slate and the overburden is clay; no quicksand has been noted. The breaks are about 20 feet in diameter and from a few feet to as much as 20 feet deep.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 12 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-991

Caption: Repaired railroad trestle in Franklin County. One end subsided 18 inches more than the other, the total having been reported is about 4 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 40 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-992

Caption: Barn of mining company lowered 4 feet at one end [right side]. It has been partially restored.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-993

Caption: Barn of mining company lowered 4 feet at one end [right side]. It has been partially restored.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Publication: Fig. 47 Cooperative Bulletin 17 – Subsidence in Illinois
Library No.: M-994

Caption: Drowned-out area of corn near Nokomis where the 8 foot coal bed is worked at a depth of about 625 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-995

Caption: Drowned-out area of corn near Nokomis where the 8 foot coal bed is worked at a depth of about 625 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-996

Caption: Drowned-out area of corn near Nokomis where the 8 foot coal bed is worked at a depth of about 625 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-997

Caption: Drowned-out area of corn near Nokomis where the 8 foot coal bed is worked at a depth of about 625 feet.
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Date: Pre-1914
Library No.: M-998