Illinois State Geological Survey Illinois Coal Mines ...

The Coal Mines in Illinois Viewer illustrates a general depiction of underground mining in the state and will help determine the proximity of coal mines and underground industrial mines to your home or business. Please follow the instructions below for using the viewer and linking to additional map products that contain more information.

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Photos: A historical look at coal mining in Southern Illinois

The story that accompanied this photo, published in The Southern on Feb. 15, 1968, reads: "Old Ben Coal Corp. mine No. 9 at West Frankfort, the …

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Abandoned Mine Lands - Illinois.gov

Clogged Stream Lands. Any AML-related mining spoil pile and bank, mine waste or earth material disturbed by mining activity which could be eroded and carried downstream by surface runoff, and deposited in a stream bed, resulting in property damage and a human health, safety and general welfare threat. Dangerous Pile or Embankment.

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Southern Illinois mine closing; 300 to be laid off ...

Southern Illinois mine closing; 300 to be laid off. CARLINVILLE - Exxon Mobil Corp. will close its Monterey No. 1 coal mine in Macoupin County by the end of the year after a potential sale of the ...

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Reclaimed Coal Mine Sites | Kentucky River Properties

Reclaimed Coal Mine Sites. Kentucky River Properties currently has more than 15,000 acres of reclaimed surface mine lands which we lease partly to individuals for hay and pastureland operations. KRP is currently undergoing an aggressive internal evaluation of these properties to determine their highest and best value to the company.

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The Rich History of Toluca, IL - Toluca IL

The Coal Mines – 1892. In 1892, Charles J.Devlin, who had been the managing head of the opening of the Spring Valley coal mines, turned his attention to Toluca, when after prospecting with Henry Duggan, also of Spring Valley, it was found that coal mines could be developed there.

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Coal Illinois For Sale - Hard To Find Collectibles

Rare 1920s Servant Coal Mine Company Letter Opener, Elkville, Illinois. 9 Long Old 1930s - $199.99 Old 1930s Skandia Coal And Lumber Co. Apron Rockford Illinois Advertisers Mfg. Co.

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4,234 Old Mining Equipment Photos - Free & Royalty-Free ...

Browse 4,234 professional old mining equipment stock photos available royalty-free. Rusty gears. Detail of large rusty gears from old mining equipment. ... Museum of `Old Coal Mine`. Walbrzych, Poland - September 26, 2015: Museum of `Old Coal Mine`. Polish name of this museum is `Stara Kopalnia`. Unique industrial.

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Abandoned Mine Lands - Illinois.gov

Illinois Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation. Early settlers of Illinois mined numerous outcroppings of coal for local use. These earlier mines, often called "dogholes" were shallow, horizontal tunnels driven into generally thin coal seams. With the onset of industrialization in the mid-1800's the demand for coal began to dramatically increase.

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Former strip mine one of worst sites in Midwest | Local ...

Strip mining operations in the 1950s at the Will Scarlet site involved removing soil, rock and other layers lying above natural deposits of coal.

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Illinois Coal Mines; History and Genealogy

+ No. 14 Mine ~ Majestic Coal Mine Perry County, IL. Reents Coal Mine Kramm's Station, Rosefield Township, Peoria County Including photos of mules and store - early 1900s Rescue Operations at Royalton 1914 Franklin County, Illinois Big Muddy & Carterville Mining Company / Franklin Coal & Coke Company Saline County, Illinois Coal Mines

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Old Ben Coal Corporation in Illinois, The Early Years

The Old Ben Coal Corporation was previously the Wilmington Star Coal Mining Company which was renamed in honor of Benjamin Franklin and Franklin County, Illinois, by DeWitt Buchanan. The name change probably occurred around 1912 or 1913. The Wilmington Star Coal Mines No. 1 through No. 7 were located in Grundy County, Illinois.

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Recovered coal mine land creates bargain rural retreats ...

Illinois land sold by Peabody also appears to be a bargain, as farmland was going for up to $13,000 an acre this spring and the average price for all land was $7,330 an acre in 2011, according to the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. As the photos on Peabody's website show, reclaimed strip mines can be ...

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41 Southern Illinois Coal Mines ideas | coal mining, coal ...

Mar 1, 2013 - Explore Amber Adams Dunn's board "Southern Illinois Coal Mines" on Pinterest. See more ideas about coal mining, coal, southern illinois.

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DIRECTORY OF COAL MINES IN ILLINOIS

Coal has been mined in 76 counties of Illinois. More than 7,400 coal mines have operated since commercial mining began in Illinois about 1810; fewer than 30 are currently active. To detail the extent and location of coal mining in Illinois, the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) has compiled maps and directories of known coal mines.

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Illinois Coal Mine Photos

Photograph courtesy of Nick Koba, Jr. 1. The Krupp Bucket Wheel Excavator was built in 1962 at a cost of $6,000,000. It was 156 feet tall and 468 feet long. It operated at the Northern Coal Mine near Braidwood, Illinois until 1972, then it was dismantled and sent to the River King Mine near Linzburg, …

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Power Down: The Former Mining Towns of Illinois

Power Down: The Former Mining Towns of Illinois. Peter van Agtmael explores coal as a symbol of the current political climate in the United States. Peter van Agtmael. Peter van Agtmael Cairo, Illinois, a nearly abandoned town at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi River. Mining jobs have been the core of the economy in Southern Illinois ...

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Illinois-Mines - Mining Artifacts

The coal mining "boom" in the northern fields of Illinois really dates from 1864. Around the town of Braidwood, a farmer struck coal while drilling a well for water. For the next 50 years, thousands of people came into Will, Grundy, and Kankakee Counties to seek their livelihood in the coal mines.

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History of Illinois Coal Mines - Coal and Coal Mining by ...

The first government records of coal production in the State of Illinois covered the year 1883 and show the amount mined that year as 6,000 tons. In 1934, 101 years later, the amount produced in this State was in excess of 40,000,000 tons, of which total 6,222,000 tons was produced by strip mine operations.

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Deserted Industry: 7 Abandoned Factories, Mills and Mines ...

Deserted Industry: 7 Abandoned Factories, Mills and Mines. Article by Delana, filed under Abandoned Places in the Architecture category. As the world moves away from the Industrial Age and deeper into the Information Age, the relics of our former industries can been seen aging and abandoned. Often, older industrial buildings and sites are so ...

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Mining Antiques For Sale | Vintage Antiques For Sale

Large Vintage 1920 s Illinois Coal Mine Signals Gas Oil 32 Porcelain Metal Sign. $475.00. View It on eBay. Antique Carson Hill Gold Mine Calaveras County California Track Mining Equipment. $24.50. View It on eBay. Antique Copper Nitroglycerine Can Mining In Good Condition Blasting Label. $399.99. View It …

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Abandoned Mine Property For Sale

Abandoned Mines For Sale Utah globalrealestate.net. Just Now Abandoned mines for sale utah sitestats.org. 1 hours ago Site-stats.org Show details . Abandoned Mines For Sale Utah.Utahs abandoned mines Sixthousand closed, many more to go; Utahs Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program has closed about 6,000 of the estimated 17,000 abandoned mines in Utah.The work has taken place …

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Vintage Aerial | Illinois | Knox County

We have 455 rolls of film from Knox County. That's about 16,046 photos.64% of our collection is searchable in this county. If you don't find what you're looking for, try browsing our entire archive.

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Danville Illinois Vintage Postcards & Images

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Abandoned Towns and Coal Mines in Iowa

I hope you enjoy! Norwood-White #7 Coal Mine and employees on October 4, 1939, near Moran, IA. This photo was taken about a year before the mine closed. If you recognize a miner, please comment below or send the name to [email protected]. As with many other small towns in Iowa, Perry owes part of its origins to coal mining.

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Coal Mine Tour Southern Illinois - G-TURS

Apr 24, 2018 · The story that accompanied this photo, published in The Southern on Feb. 15, 1968, reads: "Old Ben Coal Corp. mine No. 9 at West Frankfort, the …

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Ride Through an Old Coal Mine in Illinois

This Ride Through An Old Coal Mine In Illinois Will Take You Back In Time. Mining used to be a huge part of Illinois' economy. It was the way a lot of people made their livelihood. In a lot of ways, it put Illinois on the map. But people don't really understand what …

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Alpha Natural Resources to sell 9 W.Va. mines as part of ...

Of the 16 mines the company placed for sale, nine are located in southern West ia, and the remaining are in ia, Kentucky and Illinois, according to the list.

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Download Coal mine old stock photos at the best stock photography agency with millions of premium high quality, royalty-free stock photos, images and pictures at reasonable prices.

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Photo, Print, Drawing Laying track in coal mine. Old Ben ...

1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller. Photo, Print, Drawing Laying track in coal mine. Old Ben number eight mine. West Frankfort, Illinois intermediary roll film

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