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The Roanoke area, like most of Illinois, is underlain by rich veins of coal. The second coal shaft in Woodford County was sunk in Roanoke in 1881. Another shaft started in a westerly direction, but this coal was "flinty", or mixed with rock, and digging was discontinued. The mine at its peak employed around 300 men and hoisted 500 tons of coal ...
It was renamed in 1913 after the coal company and in honor of Richard J. Oglesby (1824–1899), a former U.S. Senator and three-time Governor of Illinois. [4] [5] During the Civil War, the Kenosha Coal Company sank a coal mining shaft at Oglesby in 1865. Thatcher Tucker Bent purchased the mine and mineral rights as the Oglesby Coal Company.
James Braidwood was an early member of the community, and in 1872 he was hired by one company to superintend the sinking of the first deep mine shaft. [14] The addition of more deep-shaft mines followed, and on March 4, 1873 the city was incorporated [15] and named in Braidwood's honor. Concerning the city's early population, Donna reports,
The town was originally known as the No. 5 Mine Camp. The company owned the property in and around the town. Later the No. 6 Mine Camp was added. The camps were incorporated on February 11, 1904. The village was named for mining magnate Samuel M. Dalzell, the mine manager from Spring Valley. The mine close in February 1923. [4] [5]
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.
The mine had been in operation since at least July 1881. [1] The mine had 3 shafts, the main shaft, an air shaft near the collapsed part of the mine and an air/escape shaft, just west of the main shaft. It is estimated that between 200 and 400 men and boys were regularly employed in the mines.
Kingston Mines is located at It is located in the southwestern corner of Timber Township, mostly within the bounds of quarter sections 25 and 26. [9]According to the 2010 census, Kingston Mines has a total area of 1.528 square miles (3.96 km 2), of which 1.38 square miles (3.57 km 2) (or 90.31%) is land and 0.148 square miles (0.38 km 2) (or 9.69%) is water.
And then disaster struck. Around midnight on Thursday, March 12, 1903, an explosion in the mine sent a huge blast of air that blew three miners against the shaft wall, killing them. The huge explosion shook the town and awakened most of the residents. Flames and debris shot up more than 100 feet from the mine opening. [17]