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Land subsidence outside of Ruler Foods in Belleville, Ill., where an old mine below the store caused the land surrounding the building to sink into the ground on Sept. 26, 2023.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Brandon Damm said the Edwardsville office of the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Division had no reports of mine subsidence as of noon Thursday.
Some states, such as Illinois and West Virginia, require all homeowners insurance providers in the state to offer mine subsidence insurance coverage in affected counties. In Illinois, there are 34 ...
The Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals' Springfield Mine Rescue Station is a historic facility located at 609 Princeton Avenue in Springfield, Illinois.Built in 1910–11, it was the first dedicated state-run institution in the United States established to prevent and respond to mining disasters.
Shortly after the start of the 2017-2018 school year, the Wolf Branch Middle School suffered significant mine subsidence resulting from a movement that occurred in the abandoned, underground mine. Engineers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Surface Mining Division determined that the west half of the school had dropped ...
Old Ben Coal Mine No. 16, also called Sesser Mine, operated from 1905-1923. [6] Subsidence resulting from longwall mining at the Old Ben No. 21 mine, by Old Ben Coal Company, was a concern for some local homeowners in the 1980s. [7] The No. 21 mine, opened in 1952, was idled in 1991. [6]
“It’s messing with our lives in a big way,” said a neighbor who lives behind the Ruler Foods store.
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