There are 1893 and 1911 topo maps, but neither marked the tipple. Since it was abandoned in 1914, I found just land scars in a 1941 aerial photo.
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| Roger Kujawa posted Marquette Third Vein Coal Mining Company Bureau County. I think this was about halfway between Springvalley and DePue. That would be the Rock Island Railroad. Likely the DePue railroad bridge to the right crossing the river. The Illinois Valley Interurban might be in that mix too. Steven Holding Yes the IVD did get coal from here. I was down in there ???? and some one was hauling off the stones. All overgrown and channelization changed the river and lay of the land. Kevin Brock The mine was about a mile East of where the NYC* crossed the Rock Island, just East of Depue. (*It was NYC when I was growing up, Indiana, Illinois & Iowa before that.) When I was growing up in the '60s, portions of the East And North walls of the 2 story stone building, to the right of the tipple, were still standing. George Zibert Heard from a Depuein that mine #3 also used to be called Lucyville or looseyville ??? Not sure why??? Andy Zukowski posted |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on George's comment Because it was Locey and Loceyvile before it was Marquette. LW means longwall. I didn't know they did longwall in the 19th Century. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/.../topo-mines/depue.pdf |
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