Viola Quadrangle
Mining in the Viola Quadrangle
Mining in the Viola Quadrangle was generally in the Rock Island Coal, a lenticular coal that ranged from less than 1 ft thick up to 4 to 5 ft thick within a short distance. The coal was generally present as an upper bench of hard, bright coal 1 to 1.7 ft thick with a lower thicker bench duller coal, separated by a carbonaceous shale 10 to 18 inches thick.
The largest mines were along the western quadrangle boundary and all closed in 1910 or before. There are no known maps of these four mines: Alden No. 1 Mine (mine index 6108), Alden No. 2 Mine (mine index 2973), Empire No. 1 Mine (mine index 2963), and Empire No. 3 Mine (mine index 0290). Their outlines are from a secondary source drawn in the 1930s or estimated by production and shaded as a general area of mining.
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Coal Mines In Illinois Viola Quadrangle
Mines that Appear on the Viola Quadrangle
| Combined | County | |
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| 0018 | Coal Valley Mining Company, Coal Valley No. 3 Mine | Mercer |
| 0290 | Empire Coal Company, Empire No. 3 Mine | Mercer |
| 0356 | G. P. Brassmer, Black Diamond Mine Essley Coal Company, Black Diamond No. 1 Mine | Mercer |
| 2958 | Eddington Coal Company, Eddington Mine Viola Coal Company, Viola Mine Viola Materials, Incorporated, Viola Mine | Mercer |
| 2959 | George Gooden, Gooden Mine Gooden and Jones, Gooden and Jones Mine | Mercer |
| 2960 | Rock Quarry Coal Company, Rock Quarry Mine Eugene Hayburn, Hayburn Mine | Mercer |
| 2961 | Little Star Mining Company, Little Star Mine | Mercer |
| 2962 | J. M. Guthrie Coal Company, Guthrie Mine Martin Coal Company, Martin Mine | Mercer |
| 2963 | Empire Coal Company, Empire No. 1 Mine | Mercer |
| 2964 | Jones and Boden, Pleasant Valley Mine Arthur Jones, Pleasant Valley Mine Jones and Hayburn, Pleasant Valley Mine James Blaine, Pleasant Valley Mine W. E. Blaine, Pleasant Valley Mine Blaine Brothers, Pleasant Valley Mine Blaine and Jones, Pleasant Valley Mine | Mercer |
| 2965 | Lee and Hagman, Lee and Hagman Mine William T. Lee, Lee Mine W. T. Lee, Lee Mine Lee Brothers, Lee Mine B. and H. Coal Company, B. and H. Mine | Mercer |
| 2966 | John Turner, Turner Mine Max Myers, Myers Mine Richardson Coal Company, Richardson Mine Eithel Richardson, Richardson Mine Ethell Skinner, Skinner Mine William H. Faulconer, Faulconer Mine Avon Coal Company, Avon Mine | Mercer |
| 2973 | Alden Coal Company, Alden No. 2 Mine | Mercer |
| 2974 | Leroy Pease, Pease Mine Pease Coal Company, Pease Mine Harris Brothers, Harris Mine Leroy Pease Coal Company, Pease Mine | Mercer |
| 2975 | Essley Coal Company, Black Diamond No. 2 Mine | Mercer |
| 2976 | Kness Coal Company, Kness Mine Four In One Coal Company, Four In One Mine | Mercer |
| 2990 | William H. Riddell, Riddell Mine Axel E. Link, Link Mine Lee and Hagman, Lee and Hagman Mine McCrame and Lee, McCrame and Lee Mine McCraney Sand and Gravel, McCraney Mine | Mercer |
| 2992 | Koresco Coal Company, Koresco Mine | Mercer |
| 2993 | James O’Rourke and Mike Bugas, O’Rourke and Bugas Mine Never Seen Coal Company, Never Seen Mine O’Rourke and Bugas, O’Rourke and Bugas Mine | Mercer |
| 2994 | Frye and Bollman, Frye and Bollman Mine | Mercer |
| 2995 | Robert Taylor, Taylor Mine Docherty and Barr, Docherty and Barr Mine Thomas Docherty and Sons, Docherty Mine Peter Docherty, Docherty Mine Docherty Brothers, Docherty Mine | Mercer |
Unlocated Mines
Mercer County
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