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| Andy Zukowski posted Superior Coal Co. Mine #3 in Benld Illinois. 1911 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post The mine operated from 1905 to 1953. It was served by the Litchfield & Madison Railway, later C&NW. https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/webfiles/topo-mines/gillespie-south.pdf |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/macoupin/flight10/00ck01030.jpg |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Andy's post 1915 Gillespie Quad @ 62,500 |
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| Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted Someone asked to see photos of the Litchfield and Madison depots. Here are two of the depot in Benld, Illinois. The small photo was taken in 1954. Benld is located about 10 mines southwest of Litchfield and just west of Mount Olive (Mother Jones). Bill Edrington: Thanks for these photos. I remember the Benld depot very well. Harry Craddick was the agent there when I worked for the North Western, until he retired from the railroad and went to work for Exxon Monterey Coal, which operated the Monterey No. 1 Mine, a CNW customer. Benld was the scene of much rail activity until the early 1950s because of the CNW-owned Superior Coal Company mines at Eagarville, Mt. Clare and Wilsonville, and was also where CNW and L&M crews changed on the through freight trains to and from Madison, Illinois. |
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