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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.
Thornton Quarry is one of the largest aggregate quarries in the world, located in Thornton, Illinois just south of Chicago. The quarry is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide, and 450 feet (140 m) deep at its deepest point. Gallagher Asphalt Corporation has been operating on the grounds of the quarry since 1928.
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.
Prairie State Energy Campus is a 1,600 megawatt base load, coal-fired, electrical power station and coal mine near Marissa, Illinois, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Prairie State Energy Campus (PSEC) features low levels of regulated emissions compared to other coal-fired power stations , capturing sulfur from high-sulfur coal mined nearby ...
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 over 700 men and took an average of ...
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 ...
1883 Diamond Mine Disaster marker, Illinois Route 113, Diamond, Illinois. This historical marker is located in Diamond Park in Diamond, Illinois, near Braidwood on the Grundy-Will County line. On February 16, 1883, part of the mine collapsed from the weight of melting snow, ice and heavy rains, trapping miners below.