Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Clinton C: Albers, IL: 1977-96 Monterey #2 Coal Mine

(Satellite, this was the loadout. The tipple was south of this.)

Frank Dolezal posted, cropped
Eric Michael Stepp: Did this coal mine have any affiliation with the Monterey coal mine in east Lynn wv?
Frank Dolezal: Eric Michael Stepp yes..all owned by Exxon at the time.
[Some comments indicate that others have a copy of this painting.]
Dennis DeBruler commented on Frank's post
1981 Breese Quad @ 24,000
It operated 1977-96.
https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/webfiles/topo-mines/breese.pdf
County Map

Some of their waste ponds are still present even though they supposedly reclaimed the site between 2005 and 2007. [gem]
Satellite

Just a couple of years after it closed.
Google Earth, Apr 1998

ilmineswiki, p39; pages 41-45 describe what the numbers are highlighting.

ilmineswiki, p40

John Heyen posted

Illinois EPA prepared a fact sheet about the groundwater contamination.

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