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Gilchrist is an unincorporated community in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. [2] Gilchrist is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Viola. Gilchrist was founded by John W. Gilchrist. The town was home to as many as 300 miners employed in the nearby Empire Coal Mine, owned by Mr. Gilchrist and other members of the Gilchrist family. [3]
Founded as a coal mining town in 1899, it boomed in its first few years. The closure of the mine in 1912 soon led to the community's demise. [2] It is located in Round Grove Township, [3] between the villages of Campus and Reddick. Prior to the arrival of the mine and town of Cardiff, the area was known as Collopy's Corners.
Etherly was a town located in Knox County, Illinois, south of Victoria. The town was a "company town": a community that was the home of miners working the surrounding coal mines. [1] The mining companies in the area went out of business in the early 20th century and the town was sold. [2] Later, the Sherwood Mining Company bought the area mines ...
The land just south of the current village was found to be ripe with coal. Several mines were open until strip mining became a commonly practiced way to retrieve coal from the ground. The population of the township of Mineral (so named because of its rich coal supply) became populated to the point of where it was officially organized in 1850.
The mine will open for tours on Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and admission is free. The nonprofit Underground Miners organization of anthracite coal mine ...
A total of 16,414 carloads or 57,906 short tons (52,531 t; 51,702 long tons) of coal were handled in 1913. [70] The tunnel had two coal receiving stations in 1915 for loading coal onto tunnel trains. One was served by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, the other by the Chicago and Alton Railroad. Surface railroad cars dumped coal into ...
They set up the town in 1888. [2] Ladd was incorporated on June 7, 1890, and was founded by George D. Ladd, a resident of Peru, Illinois. Ladd was originally named Laddville. The Ladd mine went bankrupt in 1901 and was purchased by the Illinois Third Vein Coal Company, owned by Samuel Dalzell of Spring Valley. At its height, the mine employed ...
Aug. 29—ASHLAND — The memory of the late Frank J. Staudenmeier was honored Tuesday by friends, family members and colleagues at an expansive ceremony at Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine and Steam Train.